The band deliberately misspelled the word "Weird" in their name.

Sure enough, the woman, whose name was deliberately misspelled, soon received a fund-raising pitch from the Bush camp with her name written exactly the way it appeared on the Federal list.

Not only that, but most of the words were probably deliberately misspelled to avoid repetitive patterns.

Tom himself actually faked the autograph, and deliberately misspelled her name "Lesly" as a joke.

One of his shop's prize wares is a line of table linens called "Faux Portault," the name deliberately misspelled.

"Maybe It's Maybeline" (deliberately misspelled, much like the band's name) refers to the popular Maybelline line of beauty products and its tag line.

Mr. Avrahami had deliberately misspelled his name "Avrahani."

On one design for a bank note, he deliberately misspelled the name "Philadelphia."

Die-hard skeptics continue to believe that his middle name (Aron, not Aaron) is deliberately misspelled on his tombstone.

When one's name is deliberately or even unconsciously misspelled, or when it is knowingly mispronounced, a person perceives it as a slap at his pride.