(off topic) man or woman?

[Jim Skehill]

How about 
Michael Learned of the Waltons (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495229/bio)
Michael Steele of the Bangles
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele_%28musician%29)

The former I know is pronounced mike-kell.

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin McGregor [mailto:colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org]
Sent: May 20, 2005 2:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [TLUG]: (off topic) man or woman?


"William Park" <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> on Friday, May 20, 2005 1:15 PM
wrote:

> Is 'Michael' a woman's name or man's name?  In other words, is it
> pronouced
>     - me-shell
>     - mike-kell

Michael is normally a man's name pronounced "mike-kell". No doubt there are
some strange exceptions out there ... back in the 1960s singer Johnny Cash
did a fairly funny song titled "A Boy Named Sue" about a boy who grew up
with a girls name... Still, normally you can count on Michael to be male,
and the female version of Michael would normally be Michelle normally
pronounced me-shell...

Colin McGregor

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