Jan Thread exchange

I guess I've been on the group long enough that I forget it can be confusing for people who are newer - Ray = female.

At one time I used to have that in my .sig but dropped it a while ago.

The Fashion or trend to Give UnGender names has reached Israel ,, and more and more names appear when one wonders ??? This was where i wish the `difference ` between the genders would stay. mirjam

Sometimes though what is considered male or female varies from country to country. I was stuck by that this morning when they were talking about the Italian journalist who was accidentally killed in Iraq. His name is Nicola which in England would be a girl's name.

Ray, you're in good company (okay, he passed away years ago, but still....).... John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison. :o)

There are a couple of Native American gentlemen who live on the Reserve near our town whose names are Beverly and Shirley. I believe they are either brothers, or cousins.

Gemini

"Matthew Hollands" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

sadly, many boy's names have been coopted for girls, with the result that the pool of acceptable boy's names gets smaller... since once a name becomes common as a girls name, no one wants to give thier boy a girly name... lee