(off topic) man or woman?

[Francois Ouellette]

> 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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Actually, it's Michel for a man and Michelle or Michèle for a woman.

Or Michaela for a woman too!

 François Ouellette
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