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Topic: Question : Naming and gender
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erroneousrebelrouser
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posted 06 July 2006 03:01 PM
hehehehe, funny topic, noise. And this very thing has come up before, on another site; much to the gender benders discontent. I just think if someone goes out of their way to post MANLY and chooses a really butch, hair on the back and and all over the body nick name that they're probably female; afraid to post proudly that they're femme because they might be considered to be less intelligent that their male counterparts. Now that I think of it; how funny. And it makes me angry that another woman would believe that she would see herself in such a poor perspective just because of her gender. It was really very sad, actually. However --It has been mentioned before lots of times though; and when the culprit was actually exposed he/she went a scratching and fighting and causing an awful mess about it... and accusing people of letting his/her little 'secret' out. IMO: you would only have to read the posts to see that "he" was a "she." And it didn't take a rocket scientist. I Never did get that one. I am proud of my femininity but I'm gay anyway so it even pissed me off more. Anyway this one ended up getting banned and not for that; she borrowed money from a number of unsuspecting friends (and I use that term loosely) targeting each of us with a do or die kind of thing; I'll kill myself or something like that if you don't send several hundred dollars western union today; oh she was a crafty one, a real devil in a blue dress. By the time it all came out it was hard to believe how much money she had taken us all for. From now on I'll support a site I believe in; but I'll never send money to someone that I don't really know. Neither should anyone else. Duh.
From: home sweet home | Registered: Mar 2006
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Yst
rabble-rouser
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posted 08 July 2006 04:17 PM
As far as naming possibilities for females go, I've always been fond of a variety of Anglo-Saxon names (though I have little Anglo-Saxon ancestry myself). The Anglo-Saxons seem to have had a unique tendency to name their girls things that we would not consider 'girly'. Names like Seaxburh (lit. blade fort). Or Beaduhild (lit. slaughter-battle), daughter of (her mother) Niþhad (lit. inclination toward strife, boldness). Along less war-like lines but still linguistically Anglo-Saxon, I have a grandmother Mildred (lit. "good counsel", the meaning of which is shared by a number of male Anglo-Saxon names), which name I have always liked, as it possesses more or less gender neutral meaning, a feminine short form, "Millie" if desired, and a full pronunciation which is in no way constricted by presumptions of femininity or masculinity. Certainly, one category to avoid if possible is names which cannot effectively be shortened or modified within the bounds of the language of the speaker to suit the desires of the person named.
From: State of Genderfuck | Registered: Jun 2005
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I'm not asking in regards to internet nicknames... I'm talking about real life names. The conversation was in reference to a pair of Kelly's I work with, one male and one female.
