24-Mar-02 at 22:37, Rob 'Feztaa' Park ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> Your name just sounds so feminine. We seem to get a lot of that here,
> don't we? ;)

I don't know that I can let you get away with that. Said in the correct accent
- in fact, one of German, Switzerdutch, and most Scandinavian accents, Jussi
sounds reasonably masculine to me.

In and English accent (particularly Canadian/American) it /may/ sound
feminine... but you should never assume that just because in your phonetics, a
name sounds feminine, that it is. Indeed, never assume at all that you can
guess, because some names which are only female in English may be unisex in
other countries, or unisex with slight spelling variations.

Shit I hate political correctness, but I adore linguistic debate. Sometimes
the two collide and I have a little rant. Apologies to the sensitive.

-- 
[Simon White. vim/mutt/Linux. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIMPS: 54.35%] v-- John Lennon
Sometimes we sit and read other people's interpretations of our lyrics
and think, 'Hey, that's pretty good.' If we liked it, we would keep our
mouths shut and just accept the credit as if it was what we meant all along.

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