LONDON -- Anyone with a slightly complex or difficult-to-pronounce name will understand Siân David's pain all too well.
David -- who tells us her first name is pronounced "Shh-ahh-n, to rhyme with Khan (as in Imran Khan)" -- has bought many a coffee from Starbucks, and nine times out of ten she'll end up with something completely random scrawled on her cardboard takeaway cup.
After awhile, David began to take photos documenting the impressive range of misspellings she encountered.
"Very occasionally I’ve had someone mention that it’s unusual or that they’ve never heard it before," David explained to Mashable. "And I almost always get asked to spell it out, but half the time that doesn’t seem to help.
"I don’t mind though -- the baristas are almost always lovely and smiley, the name thing just makes me laugh."
David's name doesn't just get mispronounced in Starbucks, either.
"I get See-Ann, Sigh-Ann, Shaun, Sharon, Shane," she said. "It doesn't help that my last name is David too, because I often get emails addressed to Mr David Sian."
Oh dear.
You can follow her on Twitter to keep up with her Starbucks-themed spelling mishaps.