I have a fairly common name, apparently. Let’s just say it’s John Silver. It’s not, but it is a common name. Because I have the GMail address for that name, I get email meant for other John Silvers. Originally I ignored the emails, or quickly replied and explained that they had the “Wrong John, sorry!”. After a while though, I decided to reply as though they meant to send the email to me, and maybe help out at the same time. Sometimes, it’s funny. I’ve posted my favourites on this site.

Listen: my name is NOT John Silver. My real email address, therefore, is NOT john.silver@gmail.com – because that’s not the common name I have. So please don’t try emailing me there, because you’d find a real John Silver who isn’t me. I just liked John Silver because Wrong John Silver sounds like Long John Silver, the popular pirate from the book Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stephenson in 1883. And that is some classic and funny punning right there.

So instead of trying whoever has the email address john.silver@gmail.com, you can reach me at the.wrong.john.silver@gmail.com. Which is still not my actual real email address either (because that wouldn’t be a common one), but it is one I can actually read.

Enjoy the emails!