There are several who prefer to mispronounce my given name -- Maiku or Maikaru are close enough, though.

...which would be why the adjusted spelling of Second Son's name would bother you. Sorry 'bout that.

It seems odd that Nancy would think knowing the "real" name was some sort of measure of closeness?

She did place a lot of faith in the notion that there should always be perfect truth among friends. And here was a highly valued friend who had "lied" about something as basic as her name. Based on that, you can understand her upset, but clearly she hadn't thought the whole "perfect truth" concept through...