SomeCallMeChris Wrote:

dizmox Wrote:ジョーダン and ジョウダン aren't pronounced the same anyway.

Ehhhh? Really? Long and long ago I learned that　じょー、じょお、じょう all have the same pronunciation, only the spelling differs. Well, mostly the long O-sound spelling issue only comes up with 'to' not 'jo', except in the case of loan words. I've never heard or seen anything before today to contradict that long ago lesson and certainly can't distinguish them myself. But it's possible I'm not listening for the distinction... do you have any reference to point out for how these pronunciations differ?

Also, Isaac, you can insist on spelling your name アイザク if you're bothered, but I don't think a non-crude version of 'make love' that is more often written than spoken is going to win out over the extremely common 'じょうだん' for unfortunate names (and pitch accent or no pitch accent I'm sure puns will be made on poor Jordan at some point!)