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To: Coleus

Looks like a great talent.

But why do parents these days give their daughters men’s names?


11 posted on 08/16/2016 2:18:16 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: Bigg Red

Sydney is female, Sidney is Male
Shannon is both male and female

For one, we did it to prevent any sort of gender bias on job hunting. Our daughter Sam(antha) gets more interviews with her resume using Sam than Samantha.


12 posted on 08/16/2016 4:15:22 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: Bigg Red

My mother wanted to name me Sydney 78 years ago. My grandfather scoffed, as he rose from his death bed on his elbow, “Sydney! I had a horse named Sydney. Name her after my mother, Elizabeth.” And so, I was named Elizabeth, but mom refused to call me that.


13 posted on 08/16/2016 6:33:04 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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