X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4535542c202ab06b X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-14 10:04:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.162.153.118!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <7OxD8.9684$xO.6192547@e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com> Subject: Re: ASCII Ham Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 19:07:25 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3ce143b6$0$97285$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.164.157.229 X-Trace: 1021395894 dread01.news.tele.dk 97285 131.164.157.229 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17227 > Uhm, of course I can spell correctly my name, but now I have a question: > is your "Michele" a feminine or masculine name? .... usually people > read my name and reaches to the wrong conclusion .... What may be the wrong conclusion in one country can be the right in another. F.x the name "Kim" around here is a masculine name , somewhere else it could be a feminine name. Around here "Michele" would be a girls name , but if Phillip Newton is correct .. and I'm sure he is .. then it's likely a guys name in this case. My name is Christian, an internationally well know name. Many countries use this name and with many different pronounciations. I pronounce it the danish way, but it really don't matter that much to me if people pronounce it in english , german , french, spanish , swedish .. etc What matters is that everybody have SOME form of pronounciation of it (so I won't have to explain how it's pronounced) and they know it's a masculine name. I also like the fact that you can't tell which part of the world I come from by my name. You could probably tell my religion though.