Re: Leslie/Lesley. It may be a generation/regional thing. When I was a child in
southern Ontario in the 60s, in my pre-Avital incarnation, kids would say to me,
"'Leslie'? That's a *boy's* name!" Yet, in the 70s, my high school phys ed class
had *four* female Leslies. In fact I don't think I ever k
I agree with you about Marion/Marian - but my female cousin Leslie
would be surprised! I don't know that there are many male Leslies in
the US; I think all the females I've known have been Leslie.
At 11:04 PM +0100 8/27/06, Margery Allcock wrote:
Tamara wrote:
in Polish, "Marian" is a male
"My lover" is quite common in Bath. It may sound strange, but it's
normally said with a really thick burr and is just used instead of
"love" or "dear". I don't mind the name being used as long as it's
being used almost out of habit, not in any sort of "little woman" way.
Title/name-wise I'm
Carol wrote:
In some areas you could be called be called by the
not-intended-to-be-derogatory term of "chuck" or "lass", and in Scotland
"hen".
I'm sure there are lots more, but these spring immediately to mind.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Hi All,
I answer to almost anything - 'Carol' spelled Carole, Carroll, Carrolle,
Caroll . all sound the same, and when correspondence is sent, it usually
says 'Mrs C. E. Adkinson' on the envelope, so there's no problem at all
there.The problems come with the surname - 'Adkinson' spelled wi
Hi All,
This thread is making me chuckle!When I first went to Newcastle, in the
north of England, I couldn't wait for someone - anyone! - to call me 'Pet'.
And when I stopped to ask for directions, I could have kissed the chappie
who obliged by calling me 'Pet' - I have never thought that call
I went to school (in Australia) with a Vivian who was a female.
The other interesting one is when selecting names for a baby, which
spelling do you choose?
We named our son Jonathon, because I didn't realize there was
'Jonathan', but for Katie we chose Katharine, because we thought it was
a lit
Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame le
docteur. I'm not to crazy about that, but it is difficult to make people
believe that I'm a Monsieur. I was rather distressed this spring, when
everyone in France seemed to want to call me Mademoiselle.
On 28 Aug 2006, at 13:52, Jean Nathan wrote:
So when he died, we were most interested to see if he'd got married
under the name of Edward or Edwin. If Edward, would it mean that he
and his "wife" weren't really married?
No it wouldn't - in England your name is what you call yourself; a
change
At work we had a Chinese secretary. One day she reorganized our pigeon
holes and mine said: Angus (instead of Agnes).
I went to see her and told her that I may be a cow, but I am not
Scottish! She did not understand it, but was enlightened by one of her
colleagues. The upshot was that I remained
Wow! What an interesting thread.
Personally, I cannot abide being called Miss, Mrs or Ms. Never could, before
marriage, during marriage, or after, always hated them, from as far back as I
can remember. I see them as sexist and degrading to women, since their sole
purpose is to indicate marriage
My name, Jean, in the UK and a lot of other countries is female. In France
(and probably others), it's male.
Name confusions can be interesting and in some cases rather worrying. My
father-in-law was born in 1919 and was always known as 'Ted', which for as
long as anyone can remember, he said
My name is spelled as Vickie on my birth certificate; yet most people spell
it every way but the correct way. At work, there is a Vicky. Even when
people see my name spelled correctly in the To: field on the e-mail, they
know my name is spelled Vickie, or they see that I signed the prior e-mail
If you request a copy of a birth certificate or similar and it arrives with
a strange spelling of a name, don't presume that it is correct, especially
if you can back it up with other documents.
When we applied for our marriage license, the lady at the desk told my
husband that his future mother-i
Hello David
As a genealogist I think you'll find it's often the way the
Registration Clerk happens to right it down at the time.
At the front of every English/Welsh birth register there are
instructions as to how the register should be filled in according to
different circumstances, there is a
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