That's not been my consistent experience here -- but then, I knew a child named "Orangelo" (not sure of spelling, but the emphasis is on the second syllable and the "g" is soft) because her Mother liked orange jello. Her brother was named Lemongelo (same emphasis on the second syllable.) I am not fictionalizing. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Brigette Gabriel again supporting Israel Date: 8/2/06 12:57:53 PM Central Daylight Time From: _rpaul@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:rpaul@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: > Frances is a she? 'Frances' is the feminine form of 'Francis' (or vice versa). People named Frances are female (barring orthographical mishaps at naming time) and people named Francis are male. Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html