>>>>>Maurice? Is that you?
>>>>
>>>>Maurice? I thought that was a Steve Miller song.
>>>
>>>Look up the lyrics
>>>
>>>"Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
>>>Some call me the gangster of love
>>>Some people call me Maurice
>>>Cause I speak of the pompitous of love"
>>>
>>>www.lyricsfreak.com
>>
>>Um... reality spellcheck:
>>
>>http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html
>ummm...nope.
>
>Or, I'm missing your point

Upon re-reading I saw that the spelling I remember is not the only one in circulation, and that there's even more to the story now than last time - which I find an interesting read. So yours is just one of the possible spellings, and the story is still a nice story :).