(off topic) man or woman?

[Taavi Burns]

On 5/20/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Well there seemed to be this run of people about 30 or 40 years ago that
> thought naming their girls with common male names would be a way to have
> them get further ahead in life since people would assume they were male
> when they saw resume's and other documents like that.  I suspect all it
> ever did was cause confusion and grief for the girls.
> 
> For example:  Shannon, Beverley, etc.
> 
> Some have even managed to now be assumed to be girls names by default.

Hmm.  I would never associate those names as Male, though I know that
there are other names which do cross boundaries (Kelly).  However,
it's a lot of fun to see for one's self:
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

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taa
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