On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 09:20:09AM +1100, Ron Savage wrote: > On 01/04/14 08:37, Matt S Trout wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 09:13:18AM +1100, Ron Savage wrote: > >>As for Winifred, I know a woman of that name, so I would also have > >>assumed Winfried was female, although a name like Siegfried (sp?) - > >>which I believe is male - would make me unsure. > > > >I bet on the latter connection plus vague memory. > > > >Then I (gasp) asked a German friend to confirm it :) > > Even better, I can as an Australian-Irish woman who speaks German > and Japanese.
Given your last post said 'assumed Winfried was female' I ... never mind. Eh. I was just trying to explain how I managed to get to the right answer. Any approach that works is good by me :) -- Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit and a clue http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/ http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/ Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our CPAN commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.