to google

[William Ryan]

There are more. Not just Marion but also Robin - the Sheriff of 
Nottingham must have got very confused at times.
Will

Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> William Ryan wrote:
>
>> Evelyn is not common nowadays for boys but it used to be. Compare 
>> Leslie, Vivian, Sidney, Marion (John Wayne was Marion), all old 
>> hermaphrodite names.
>
> Thanks. I had no idea Evelyn, Vivian, or Marion could ever be 
> masculine; I did know Leslie and Sidney swung both ways. ;-)
>
> Saturday Night Live had a series of skits one year about "Pat" and 
> "Chris" and a couple of other characters with intentionally ambiguous 
> names where the other characters struggled to classify them. Pretty 
> lame, but whatever. ;-)
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live)>
>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------