http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspxPeople often ask me why my blog URL is "micahel" rather than "michael". Here's why: Years ago I had a manager who - no matter how hard she tried - always mistyped my name as "Micahel". To tweak her a bit I took "micahel" on as the name I used in Halfen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspx#1599079Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:50:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1599079michael<p>micahel to me is more of an embrace to the root of the name, which means &quot;who is like god?&quot;</p> <p>the name &quot;micah&quot; in old hebrew &quot;like unto who?&quot; and el means &quot;god&quot;</p> <p>so micah el becomes micah/el and today's michael.</p> <p>saint michael the archangel</p> <p>defend us in battle.</p> <p>be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1599079" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspx#1567660Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:29:18 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1567660Rosie Sherry<p>It always confused me and seemed strange to me, I even did a few searches on your name to try to find out which one was correct, I ended up settling for the wrong spelling!</p> <p>Am updating my site now... :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1567660" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspx#1523282Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:47:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1523282Ivolved<p>I have a similar problem...most people spell my name Micheal. It's more irritating to me than anything. So I go by Mike.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1523282" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspx#1522820Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:49:47 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1522820humbugreality<p>That is one of the reasons I wish I had not chosen &quot;micahel&quot;!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1522820" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/micahel/archive/2007/01/23/micahel.aspx#1519859Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:24:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1519859Ayaz<p>Hmm interesting story ... I always thought it was a typo that you realized too late to rectify :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1519859" width="1" height="1">