what was the comedian that had the bit about you can call and gave
several different names but then said just don't call me late to lunch.
.....
Info WG wrote:
As ELO said in a song, What's in a name...
With a name like Joe...we can get Joe, Joey, Josephine, Joseph and who
knows what else from that one. And that's only counting English.
As far as Beverly is concerned, via travels in Britain, Bev is the
general masculine name, and Beverly the usual feminine.
Ahh, those plucky British...always able to get most out of one thing...:)...
Joe
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From: Paul B. Gallagher <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Phillip Jones wrote:
> There are several Names Beverly being one that can be used as
Man's name
> or a Woman's Name.
>
> Some though have different spellings.
>
> Example:
>
> Gale, Gayle, and Gail all sound exactly like. But Only Gale can
be used
> as a Man's Name.
> Gene and Jean (Gene being male)
>
> Jamie can be either Male or female
>
> There are others I can't think of right now.
The two most commonly used on Saturday Night Live to take advantage of
this are Pat (Patrick/Patricia) and Chris (Christopher/Christine).
And of course many foreign names, because we don't recognize them,
could
be anything. A Korean will know instantly that Daehan and Minguk are
masculine and Miran and Obok are feminine, but no American would
know... >>
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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:[email protected]
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