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- Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!penet!anon
- From: an1167@anon.penet.fi (Rita)
- Subject: Meaning of names and more
- X-Anonymously-To: alt.transgendered
- Organization: Anonymous contact service
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:59:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.230847.440@penet.fi>
- Sender: anon@penet.fi (Anonymous contact service)
- Lines: 25
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- Sisters,
-
- Many of us have chosen to post under feminine names, either because that is
- now our real name or because of the comfort/anonymity factor. Ever wonder
- about the name you chose for yourself? Most people don't get to pick their
- own name - why did you pick the one you did? I picked mine simply because I
- liked the sound of it, but last night I did some looking into some books about
- names. The standard books just tell you what the name means (Rita - Greek -
- "The Pearl"), but there's also a book called "Beyond Jennifer and Jason" that
- talks about names for children that categorizes names in many different ways.
- For instance, Rita was categorized as being in "Fashion Limbo" (neither in nor
- out at the moment), as a "sexy"(!) name, and as a "feminine" name.
-
- If any of you are curious about how your name is categorized or what it means,
- and you don't have access to books about it, drop me a line and I'll look it
- up for you.
-
- Happy Holidays!
-
- Rita
- (an1167@anon.penet.fi)
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