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Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 04:39:06 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
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> > By the way, in reference to your reply to my last message, yes, my Hebrew is
> > a little rusty, but also I wasn't sure if you male or female so I figured it
> > would be better to use the masculine form.
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> Sure, no prob - people get mixed up all the time. Maybe I should call myself
> Sherry or Cherry or something ;-)
Really? Out of curiosity, I checked the NameDB(1), and this is what it lists:
Name Origin Sex Meaning Variations
Shiri Hebrew Female My song Shira, Shirah, Shirit
I never even considered it could be a male name. Can it be? It doesn't list
that there...
Jeff
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/
1 - This is a fun site! <http://incompetech.com/named/>
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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| (...) The "i" on the end makes it possessive - as in "ani" which is I, or "sheli" which is mine. Many names end in "i" and are masculine, such as Eli (which is pronounced like Ellie in English)- Eli means "my God" and is a masculine name. I didn't (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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| (...) No, only in the variation of Shir, in which it can be both a male and female. People get mixed up just because they don't recognize the name. BTW, that name DB is really good! I've already bookmarked it, and Philantha (the new name for my (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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| (...) I'm fine, thanks, how're you? (...) ;-) I was talking to my sister and she suggested I call her (she's a her now) Peggy... (...) Sure, no prob - people get mixed up all the time. Maybe I should call myself Sherry or Cherry or something ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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