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* MyNaymeIs: Dr Marshall Zebatinsky decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell his last name "Sebatinsky", and the story tracks the various [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]. This story is the TropeNamer of SpellMyNameWithAnS, but is actually using this trope.
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* MyNaymeIs: Dr Marshall Zebatinsky decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell his last name "Sebatinsky", and the story tracks the various [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]. This story is the former TropeNamer of SpellMyNameWithAnS, InconsistentSpelling, but is actually using uses this trope.trope instead.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story is the Tropenamer, but is [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample not an example]]. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
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* KickedUpstairs: The security establishment can't find any real reason to suspect Zebatinsky, but they're sufficiently worried that they want to remove his current sensitive position. Their solution is to arrange for him to get offered a better job elsewhere.
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* KickedUpstairs: The security establishment can't find any real reason to suspect Zebatinsky, but they're sufficiently worried that they want to remove his current sensitive position. Their solution is to arrange for him to get offered a better job elsewhere.
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* SwitchingPOV: The story changes perspectives for every scene, but always remains in Third-Person Limited. Dr Zebatinsky/Sebatinsky, the MainCharacter, is present for less than half of the narrative.
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* SwitchingPOV: The story changes perspectives for every scene, but always remains in Third-Person Limited. Dr Zebatinsky/Sebatinsky, the MainCharacter, TheProtagonist, is present for less than half of the narrative.
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First published in ''Magazine/StarScienceFiction'' (January 1958 issue), by Creator/IsaacAsimov under the title "S as in Zebatinsky". This ScienceFiction ShortStory was [[InspirationForTheWork inspired by people spelling Dr Asimov's name wrong]].
Dr Marshall Zebatinsky is a physicist who has been bemoaning his dead-end job for years, so his wife convinced him to go to a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] for advice on what to do. The numerologist analyses his biographical information, and informs Dr Zebatinsky that [[MyNaymeIs changing his name to Sebatinsky]] will bring him the independence and notoriety he desires.
After he makes this change off-screen, the perspective shifts to Henry Brand, who is talking to Lieutenant Quincy, a young employee of Security, who finds it suspicious that Dr Sebatinsky would change his name. After doing some double-checking, they discover that there was a Russian physicist named Dr Zebatinsky as well. Their Dr Zebatinsky was working on an anti-radiation shield to defend against [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]]. Prompted by this discovery, they decide to encourage secret development of gamma-ray reflection technology, too. Meanwhile, they move Dr Sebatinsky to Associate Professor of Physics at Princeton (a famous college).
[[SwitchingPOV Back to Dr Marshall Sebatinsky]] and his wife; he's very happy with the new job, and relieved that he [[DramaticIrony wasn't being investigated as a subversive]]. He decides to revisit the numerologist and thank him for helping to achieve some small personal fame, but [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday the office is closed, and has been for years]]. Ignoring the incongruity, he forgets about the business, and the perspective shifts again, now to a pair of EnergyBeings, one of which used to be [[HumanDisguise disguised as a numerologist]].
In addition, this work was republished six times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1959), ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' (issue #64, September 1963), ''{{Magazine/Sirius}}'' (issue #107, May 1985), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/RobotDreams'' (1986), and ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990).
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!!"Spell My Name With an S" provides examples of:
* DoingInTheWizard: Dr Zebatinsky goes to a numerologist, someone who can [[FortuneTeller predict people's personal futures by using numbers]]. The numerologist insists on explaining that he's not using pseudo-magical techniques, instead following [[PrescienceByAnalysis statistical analysis to predict the future]]. [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithATrope Extra twist!]] The numerologist [[HumanDisguise isn't a human]]; he was an {{Energy Being|s}} trying to prove that it can manipulate global events on Earth with minor efforts.]]
* DramaticIrony: When Dr Zebatinsky changed his name to Dr Sebatinsky, government officials started checking into his background and ancestry to see why he had changed his name in that way. They were suspicious that he might be a "subversive", someone who is willing to work for enemy countries. After moving him to a college job, he tells his wife that his concern about being investigated as a subversive was obviously wrong, and it must have been the college using subtle methods to interview him.
* DeflectorShields: Dr Kristow, of the Atomic Energy Commission, explains to Mr Brand, of a federal Security organization, that gamma-ray reflection could theoretically protect cities against nuclear fallout, which is the major threat in [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]].
* HumanDisguise: The numerologist is actually an {{Energy Being|s}} trying to prove a bet. They created TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday just to present the idea of Dr Zebatinsky changing his name to [[MyNaymeIs Dr Sebatinsky]].
* InMysteriousWays: Two [[EnergyBeings non-corporeal people]], on a bet, manage to completely avert [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] just by convincing one man to spell his name with an S instead of a Z.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Dr Zebatinsky was told by his wife to go visit a numerologist (a type of FortuneTeller) for advice. The numerologist suggests that changing his name to Dr [[MyNaymeIs Sebatinsky]] would help him achieve notoriety. After a couple of months, Dr Sebatinsky has been head-hunted by a famous college, so he returns to thank the numerologist, but the office is empty, and has been for many years. Then the [[SwitchingPOV point-of-view shifts]], and we learn that [[spoiler:alien EnergyBeings using a HumanDisguise pretended to be the numerologist to prove a bet]].
* MyNaymeIs: Dr Marshall Zebatinsky decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell his last name "Sebatinsky", and the story tracks the various [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]. This story is the TropeNamer of SpellMyNameWithAnS, but is actually using this trope.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: Dr. Zebatinsky goes to a numerologist, who reveals that he isn't a FortuneTeller; he's a mathematician. Instead of analyzing the mystical significance of numbers, he uses computers, models, and statistical analysis to predict the future.
--> "Given enough data and a computer capable of sufficient number of operations in unit time, the future is predictable, at least in terms of probabilities." -- Haround, numerologist
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story is the Tropenamer, but is NotAnExample. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
* SwitchingPOV: The story changes perspectives for every scene, but always remains in Third-Person Limited. Dr Zebatinsky/Sebatinsky, the MainCharacter, is present for less than half of the narrative.
* TitleDrop: Dr Sebatinsky doesn't really believe in the "prediction" made by [[FortuneTeller the numerologist]], but is satisfied with the results anyway. After telling people to spell his name with an 'S' for so long, he'd find it inconvenient to change back to being Dr Zebatinsky.
* WigDressAccent: Dr Zebatinsky wears old clothes and a hat, neither of which he had been in for years, and left his prescription glasses in their case so that nobody recognizes him on his way to the [[FortuneTeller numerologist]].
* WorldWarIII: Humanity is on course to [[ApocalypseHow destroy themselves with nuclear war]], when a pair of EnergyBeings get involved to prove they can avert worldwide nuclear holocaust [[InMysteriousWays by simply changing one person's name]]. The second one points out that yes, the first one won the bet... but they're both going to be in trouble when their boss comes back and the humans are still around. They immediately triple the bet, and the first one goes back to recreate the nuclear war with [[InMysteriousWays another subtle change]].
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Dr Marshall Zebatinsky is a physicist who has been bemoaning his dead-end job for years, so his wife convinced him to go to a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] for advice on what to do. The numerologist analyses his biographical information, and informs Dr Zebatinsky that [[MyNaymeIs changing his name to Sebatinsky]] will bring him the independence and notoriety he desires.
After he makes this change off-screen, the perspective shifts to Henry Brand, who is talking to Lieutenant Quincy, a young employee of Security, who finds it suspicious that Dr Sebatinsky would change his name. After doing some double-checking, they discover that there was a Russian physicist named Dr Zebatinsky as well. Their Dr Zebatinsky was working on an anti-radiation shield to defend against [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]]. Prompted by this discovery, they decide to encourage secret development of gamma-ray reflection technology, too. Meanwhile, they move Dr Sebatinsky to Associate Professor of Physics at Princeton (a famous college).
[[SwitchingPOV Back to Dr Marshall Sebatinsky]] and his wife; he's very happy with the new job, and relieved that he [[DramaticIrony wasn't being investigated as a subversive]]. He decides to revisit the numerologist and thank him for helping to achieve some small personal fame, but [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday the office is closed, and has been for years]]. Ignoring the incongruity, he forgets about the business, and the perspective shifts again, now to a pair of EnergyBeings, one of which used to be [[HumanDisguise disguised as a numerologist]].
In addition, this work was republished six times; ''Literature/NineTomorrows'' (1959), ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' (issue #64, September 1963), ''{{Magazine/Sirius}}'' (issue #107, May 1985), ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionOfIsaacAsimov'' (1986), ''Literature/RobotDreams'' (1986), and ''Literature/TheCompleteStoriesVolume1'' (1990).
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!!"Spell My Name With an S" provides examples of:
* DoingInTheWizard: Dr Zebatinsky goes to a numerologist, someone who can [[FortuneTeller predict people's personal futures by using numbers]]. The numerologist insists on explaining that he's not using pseudo-magical techniques, instead following [[PrescienceByAnalysis statistical analysis to predict the future]]. [[spoiler:[[PlayingWithATrope Extra twist!]] The numerologist [[HumanDisguise isn't a human]]; he was an {{Energy Being|s}} trying to prove that it can manipulate global events on Earth with minor efforts.]]
* DramaticIrony: When Dr Zebatinsky changed his name to Dr Sebatinsky, government officials started checking into his background and ancestry to see why he had changed his name in that way. They were suspicious that he might be a "subversive", someone who is willing to work for enemy countries. After moving him to a college job, he tells his wife that his concern about being investigated as a subversive was obviously wrong, and it must have been the college using subtle methods to interview him.
* DeflectorShields: Dr Kristow, of the Atomic Energy Commission, explains to Mr Brand, of a federal Security organization, that gamma-ray reflection could theoretically protect cities against nuclear fallout, which is the major threat in [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]].
* HumanDisguise: The numerologist is actually an {{Energy Being|s}} trying to prove a bet. They created TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday just to present the idea of Dr Zebatinsky changing his name to [[MyNaymeIs Dr Sebatinsky]].
* InMysteriousWays: Two [[EnergyBeings non-corporeal people]], on a bet, manage to completely avert [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] just by convincing one man to spell his name with an S instead of a Z.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Dr Zebatinsky was told by his wife to go visit a numerologist (a type of FortuneTeller) for advice. The numerologist suggests that changing his name to Dr [[MyNaymeIs Sebatinsky]] would help him achieve notoriety. After a couple of months, Dr Sebatinsky has been head-hunted by a famous college, so he returns to thank the numerologist, but the office is empty, and has been for many years. Then the [[SwitchingPOV point-of-view shifts]], and we learn that [[spoiler:alien EnergyBeings using a HumanDisguise pretended to be the numerologist to prove a bet]].
* MyNaymeIs: Dr Marshall Zebatinsky decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell his last name "Sebatinsky", and the story tracks the various [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]. This story is the TropeNamer of SpellMyNameWithAnS, but is actually using this trope.
* PrescienceByAnalysis: Dr. Zebatinsky goes to a numerologist, who reveals that he isn't a FortuneTeller; he's a mathematician. Instead of analyzing the mystical significance of numbers, he uses computers, models, and statistical analysis to predict the future.
--> "Given enough data and a computer capable of sufficient number of operations in unit time, the future is predictable, at least in terms of probabilities." -- Haround, numerologist
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story is the Tropenamer, but is NotAnExample. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
* SwitchingPOV: The story changes perspectives for every scene, but always remains in Third-Person Limited. Dr Zebatinsky/Sebatinsky, the MainCharacter, is present for less than half of the narrative.
* TitleDrop: Dr Sebatinsky doesn't really believe in the "prediction" made by [[FortuneTeller the numerologist]], but is satisfied with the results anyway. After telling people to spell his name with an 'S' for so long, he'd find it inconvenient to change back to being Dr Zebatinsky.
* WigDressAccent: Dr Zebatinsky wears old clothes and a hat, neither of which he had been in for years, and left his prescription glasses in their case so that nobody recognizes him on his way to the [[FortuneTeller numerologist]].
* WorldWarIII: Humanity is on course to [[ApocalypseHow destroy themselves with nuclear war]], when a pair of EnergyBeings get involved to prove they can avert worldwide nuclear holocaust [[InMysteriousWays by simply changing one person's name]]. The second one points out that yes, the first one won the bet... but they're both going to be in trouble when their boss comes back and the humans are still around. They immediately triple the bet, and the first one goes back to recreate the nuclear war with [[InMysteriousWays another subtle change]].
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