"Tristan" now feminine given name

[Paul A Johnston, Jr.]

It is--I was typing quickly.

PAUL jOHNSTON

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From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
Date: Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:00 pm
Subject: Re: "Tristan" now feminine given name

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> At 11:23 AM -0500 3/2/06, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
> >from Paul Johnston:
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> >>  There's also Nefro League Hall of Famer Judy Johnson from the
> 1920's, also
> >>  a Julius, I believe.
> >
> >"Nefro" IS a typo, isn't it?
> >
> I was thinking it might have been an obscure offshoot of the Negro
> Leagues that was restricted to players sporting Afros, but that does
> seem unlikely, especially for the '20s...
>
> LH
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