On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:49:32 -0400, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > 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...
Counter example "Hikaru" can be either and even native Japanese won't know instantly. Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
