[Ads-l] Name "Jay" goes unisex

[Jonathan Lighter]

Remember Jaye P. Morgan?  But that was pun-influenced and, crucially, a
stage name. (She was really "Mary Margaret Morgan," born - it says here -
1931.)

JL

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 1:13 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
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> > Jay Newton-Small
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>
> OTOH, _Jaye_ Padgett is a guy.
>
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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