"Tristan" now feminine given name

[Jonathan Lighter]

I see your point, Larry.  And for the boys, there's always been "Frankie and Johnny."

  A classic of brokebackitude.

  JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>Brenda,
>
> As you may remember from a few weeks back, trendsetters in this
>department were the parents of film actress "Tristen [sic] Skyler"
>(born in the ' 70s) and of sex columnist "Tristan Taormino"
>(probably another ' 70s baby - just guessing).
>
> I'm sure that "Tristan and Isolde" mean nothing to 99.9% of
>today's Americans.

You mean that legendary tale of spicy, illicit girl-on-girl action?
Of course everyone knows about that! (Actually, I saw a preview of a
new Hollywood movie of Tristan and Isolde, and strangely enough
Tristan was played by a guy. Those crazy Hollywood folks!)

L

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