[Ads-l] new unisex names

[Jonathan Lighter]

Watch for infant girls named:

Obadiah
Jeremiah
Zacharia
Zebulon
Meschach
Methuselah


JL

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 6:21 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: new unisex names
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> m   >   m ~ f   >   f
> Idionymic gender shift.
> Formerly analyzed as penis-envy.
> Now known to be a transgender phenomenon.
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