bill@sigma.UUCP (bill) (05/22/87)
Organization: In article <4028@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: >I don't mean to fan the flames, but if I told people my name was >"Linda", or "Sue", I would expect them to assume I was female, unless I >specifically said otherwise. I don't understand why Mark should be so >annoyed - her name is a traditionally male one. Ditto. I mean, I was of age before I learned that Sidney was a male name (it is, isn't it?), and it was quite a shock. I lived in a town with two quite attractive young ladies my age named Sidney and Sidni, and dated one, Sidney, for a while. I know that they, especially Sidney, seemed to have no problems with the "gender" of their names at all. -- William Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!bill "The typical Midland (MI) family - moves away."