Where else are they employed these days...

Unironically, no, no they do not.

There's been some significant problems in literacy in recent years due to a -fantastically- ineffective model of reading pedagogy that's done a horrific disservice to millions of children.

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.

(www.apmreports.org)

I'm guessing it's much less common in Canada and the US? In the UK I'm pretty sure it's been in the top 100 for girls name the entire time I've been alive and at several points been top 25.

Like, it's never reached the heights of Emily, Sophie, Rebecca, Amy, Lucy...but Alice is still a very "you probably vaguely knew of 2 or 3 of them at school" name to me ^_^;

the majority of misspellings of my name I get at this point is ppl reading my name (correctly spelled) and writing it back down somewhere else (wrongly spelled)

People, especially my fellow Dutch people, are also categorically unable to spell my name. I get Wienke, Winke, Wieneke, Nienke, Nynke, Wieteke and, on one memorable occasion, Wynetta (vaguely considering constructing an alter ego with that name).

@AmyZenunim @munin

https://song.link/s/5UebR77vjap8LVd6eqITiY

"Batgirl, na na na na nana"

That was the first incidence, yes, lol - at which point, a former meta pointed out the existence of the "phi" character in greek; I've taken to signing my name with that 'cuz it amuses me :3

It is *surprisingly* common on Fedi for some reason though—like every living Alice fled other social media and ended up here.

I've also gotten "Alex" before (which is forgivable, as it's rather more common than Alice these days).

it's a fairly archaic name at this point, peaking around 1910. it had a bit of a resurgence in the 2000s but nowhere near what it was. it's pretty much relegated to "grandma name" at this point, and I say that with affection (obviously) lol

I chose my name very deliberately to be easy to spell - it's spelled exactly as it sounds, there's only one common canonical spelling, and while perhaps not a super common name it's one that a few famous people have had.

And yet some people have gone thru great effort to spell "Fiona" incorrectly, tho I suspect the one coffee shop person who keeps fucking it up has dyslexia.