What do we call a person who is very much concerned with correct spelling of a word but especially with name.
That person is ……?
Learn English – A word for a person concerned with spelling
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As far as I remember, it's called Acrobatic Alphabet.
N.B.: After some googling, I've found the term Human Alphabet. You can check out the results from this link.
Dementia is the general term when you refer to cognitive impairment of the aged. There are several kinds, the best known perhaps Alzheimer's Disease, of which we can find several degrees. The adjective you are looking for is "demented". (...more and more, demented elderly are arriving...)
demented - suffering from dementia.
dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Memory loss is an example. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia. Dementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases. Vascular dementia, which occurs after a stroke, is the second most common dementia type. But there are many other conditions that can cause symptoms of dementia, including some that are reversible, such as thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies. Dementia is often incorrectly referred to as "senility" or "senile dementia," which reflects the formerly widespread but incorrect belief that serious mental decline is a normal part of aging.
from alzheimer's association.org
Examples from The New England Journal of Medicine - section, letters:
- "My 90-year-old, demented paternal grandmother seemed to be having a stroke..."
- "I have a patient whose demented husband no longer recognizes her."
- ". At the time of the initial hospital interview, 1 patient was too demented to respond."
- " Yet some demented patients, in particular, may seem to derive continued enjoyment from life."
- "Many patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) become demented."
- "myoclonic movements in a demented patient with mid-life familial Alzheimer's disease may also suggest Huntington's disease."
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There are more general terms, such as pedant - one who pays undue attention to ... formal rules, but I'm pretty sure there isn't a specific word for the type of person OP describes.
The problem is it's unlikely anyone would have that particular personality quirk in isolation. Anyone who's a "stickler for orthographic correctness" in OP's sense is likely care as much about, say, punctuation as they are about spelling. And they'd probably be more fussy than average about correct verb tenses, and wouldn't like people writing in green ink, ball-point pen, etc.,
Noting that some people have used the relatively transparent coinage malorthography, OP might wish to consider my neologism