[LMB] OT: Irene (re HH ch 23)

Peter H. Granzeau pgranzeau at cox.net
Tue Sep 5 16:32:43 BST 2006


At 11:25 PM 9/4/2006, Andrew Lambdin-Abraham wrote:
>On 9/4/06, Jo'Asia <joasia at fandom.art.pl> wrote:
>>This reminds me about a little poll I had in mind for some time:
>>
>>Is the name "Carmen" feminine, masculine or not decided for you?
>>Jo'Asia
>
>To me Carmen is a feminine name, primarily because of the 1990s US
>kids TV show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego", although Bizet
>would come to mind by the by.

Hah.  I thought "Carmen Sandiego" was male!  Bizet notwithstanding 
(Hell, he didn't even know what to call a bull fighter, and coined 
the word "toreador", evidently out of "torero" and "matador").


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Regards, Pete
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