10 Most Annoying Mistakes You Never Noticed In Friends

6. Rachel Can't Spell Her Own Name

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Is it Green, or is it, Greene? This is the kind of furious debate that would tear the fandom apart in any other show. But, for Friends fans, there's no such point. This is not because they're more patient, but because even the show didn't seem to know/care, so why should they?

Getting the spelling right for your central characters should be a tip-top priority. But, Rachel never got that treatment, as her name flip-flopped in its spelling throughout the series. It alternated between the standard Green and a slightly fancier Greene, leaving fans mystified as they could never get a straight answer on how to spell it.

She was credited as Green, but her Ralph Lauren door sign said Greene, yet on Emma's first birthday, the cake box said Green, but on the invite to Ross and Emily's wedding, it's Greene! It's enough to give you a headache.

You'd have thought Rachel would have figured out how to spell her own name at some point during her life. Still, at least she didn't go through with the wedding because Farber (or maybe Finkle) is even tougher to spell.

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