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Some people [[My Nayme Is|spell their names differently from the usual spelling]]. Some people not only spell their names differently from the usual spelling, but can tell when somebody saying their name ''is spelling it wrong in his head''. It's as if they can infer the other person having an "incorrect" [[Funetik Aksent]].
[[Hollywood Spelling]] is the inverse of this trope to some extent. Compare [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]. Can overlap with [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] or [[Medium Awareness]].
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* The Psmiths in ''[[Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]'' spell their name(s) this way not only as a possible [[Shout Out]] to Wodehouse's [[Psmith (Literature)|Psmith]], but to indicate their telepathically-linked [[Hive Mind]] status (the Greek letter Psi is parapsych shorthand for [[Psychic Powers]]).
* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' villain Psi-Mon (pronounced Simon), who has [[Psychic Powers]], naturally.
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'s indistinguishable twin detectives Thomson and Thompson made use of this on occasion, for instance:
{{quote| '''Thompson:''' Hello, this is Thompson, with a P, as in Philadelphia.<br />
'''Thomson:''' And this is Thomson without a P, as in Venezuela. }}
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