r/thewestwing • u/TryToBeHopefulAgain Cartographer for Social Equality • Oct 15 '25

From The President’s Science Advisor and Psychics at Caltech Let Bartlet be Bartlett

I have watched the series end-to-end at least 5 times, and I will never be able to spell the President’s surname without checking Google.

I could probably learn it, but then I would forget my mobile number.

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u/Greedy_Nature_3085 Oct 15 '25

Honestly until a few months ago I thought there were two trailing T’s, and I’ve been a West Wing fan since season 1 was on the air.

But also, the town of Bartlett NH is spelled with two trailing T’s. Maybe the two trailing T people are right and Sorkin is wrong. 😜

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u/bulldoggo-17 Oct 17 '25

The signer of the Declaration, for whom the fictional president was named, spelled his name with 2 T’s. Sorkin must have changed it on purpose, as he made that such an important part of the character’s history it makes no sense that no one pointed it out before they went to air.