(off topic) man or woman?

[daniel]

On May 20, 2005 01:20 pm, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 01:15:56PM -0400, William Park wrote:
> > Is 'Michael' a woman's name or man's name?  In other words, is it
> > pronouced
> >     - me-shell
>
> Isn't that one usually spelled Michelle?

only in the anglicised version.

> >     - mike-kell
>
> That one is how I pronounce 'Michael'

if you're french, "michael" is pronounced "mi,shelle", but is still referred 
to as masculine.  "michelle" is the anglicised version of 
"michael" (biblical), and i'm not sure i'm not sure it's heavily used in 
non-english circles.

as an added point of interest:

  http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
  (java required)


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