Theres nothing worse than trying to relay your email address down the phone one letter at a time “…i…a…s” “ok so that’s, i,a,f” “no, s” “f?” “india, alpha, sierra”, sighhh. So firstname.lastname just ain’t workin’ for me, they’re too long. I wanted a new short address just for using over the phone.
Gmail addresses have to be 6 characters or more, so first I tried some shorter versions of my name, but hmm, all taken. I tried various initials and numbers too, but numbers? it looked all eww and spammy.
So I went through the letters of my name looking for patterns, and settled on MMGRGR [at] gmail.com …it’s Matthias McGReGoR, both sequential and repeating …yum. Aaaand it should save a good minute or two each time I say it. Quite good really.
ps. email me
Reader Responses: 5 so far ↓
1 Thenna November 2, 2011 at 12:24 am
Love that it sounds like “Mmmmmmm, Grrrr, Grrrrr”! xx
2 Paul D. November 2, 2011 at 1:14 pm
No, this is the best email address ever:
matthyphenatsymboltypedout-realatsymboldotgmaildotcom@gmail.com
3 Alec November 2, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Nice, but “M” can still be confused with “N”, and “GR GR” might be interpreted as you repeating it just to make sure. Numbers only, non-sequential and not repeating would be best.
Also, do people still use their phone to actually make calls?
4 the Ugly November 2, 2011 at 1:25 pm
For people that live in my town, I use “name of town”@gmail.com. Not only do they know how to spell it correctly, but they instantly remember it (because they wish they thought of it).
Best is for companies that ask for an email, that I know will spam me, I use something like “neveropenjunkmail”@gmail.com. They instantly know where I stand on giving them my email at that moment.
5 Ash November 2, 2011 at 1:52 pm
My university would assign emails to freshman by removing most of the vowels. Mine, Ash Henderson, ended up being adhndrs. Was a perfect, unique address.
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