Existentialist Angst

I'm in a study group that studies things that are way, way over my head. It's kind of a small, elite group of Chicago psychologists, and I basically pay my way in so that I can get some exposure to the stuff that I can't understand. It's also a cool networking thing, in the case that these heavyweights decide to remember my name. (Let me not overdo this: it's a group of 5 people including me, and there are really two heavyweights, two mediumweights, and me.)

The point of this. Is.

My next assignment is to read Nietzsche, as we will be discussing how existentialism and psychoanalysis are combined as a method of understanding psychic determinism and therapeutic change. (Do NOT ask me to tell you how. This is why I go to the group.)

As a dutiful student, I went to the library today to find the Nietzsche.

The problem? I couldn't spell Nietzsche. I kept plugging different versions of the name into the library computer, and the searches kept coming up empty.

Niche.
Nische.
Nizche.
Nitche.
Nitsche.
Nitztche.

And on and on it went. I plugged in "Freud" because I know how to spell it, and I wanted to see if the internet was broken. Nope. Plenty of Freud in the library. The computer was up and running.

Neche.
Netchie.
Netsche.

Nothing would work.

Off to wikipedia I go.

Nietzsche!

I see. There's an "i" AND and "e", and every single one of the consonants that could be used. They're all in there. I popped that puppy into the search, and lo and behold it worked.

I swear, every time I have typed it in this very post, I still have trouble. Nietzsche. I'm tellin' ya, you really have to think about how to type that name. Go ahead. You try in the comments section and tell me if you can do it easily or not.

That guy must have been very smart to have such a complicated last name.

Think I should tell this story at the study group? Think I should ask them if they can type the name without thinking real real hard?