The Irish tradition of not getting names right is so you don't lose the run of yourself

This week Colm O’Regan is here to voice everythign you’ve ever thought about people getting names wrong!

I’m shouting briefly at my email inbox. It annoys me, way more than it should. Someone has sent a message to my email address, which helpfully has all of my name in it, and got both ends of my name wrong. The clue was in my email address!

In my experience, it’s mostly Irish people get names wrong. I think we have a tradition here of not getting names right as a way of showing that we don’t want you losing the run of yourself. The Lidls, the Tescos, the Easons, the Chris Eubanks, the euros — all had a little bit added just to show they had to EARN our respect.