The official style guide to my name

OK, it’s time for me to come out about my particularity about how people write my name. Here’s how to write my name:

Alexandra Samuel

Please note, no S on the end of “Samuel”. Just one of me, just one Samuel.

Now it’s true that I am also known as Alex. And if you’re sending me an e-mail, or talking about me in a first-name only context, then Alex is just fine. (I always enjoy the surprise when people discover I’m of the female persuasion.)

As for “Alex Samuel”….well, I can live with it. But my weird little pet peeve is that when I’m writing my first and last name I always use my full first name, so I do prefer “Alexandra Samuel” to “Alex Samuel”.

I’ll resist suggesting a preferred font.