"Tristan" now feminine given name

Fri Feb 24 18:24:03 UTC 2006

I agree.  When I was growing up, the boys were John and Mike. Now they're all Jonathan and Michael. No one was ever Michael unless his mom was pretty angry with him.
Fritz
>>> sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM 2/24/2006 10:03 AM >>>

Shortening and nicknaming seems to be less common now than fifty years ago.
Perhaps due to more parental management of kids' lives.
A. Murie

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