On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > > Yes, the table is used only for humans; it's part of some > administrative software I'm writing for an educational institution, > and the primary purpose of the gender column is to help the users > cope with a problem new to the west of Ireland - the large influx of > immigrants from Africa, eastern Europe and elsewhere means that it's > no longer possible to tell a student's gender just from their > name....! > > --Ray. Ray, darest I point out that that's never been possible in English anyway? There are dozens if not hundreds of androgenous names - Pat and Tracy come immediately to mind, and there are countless others! RT -- Richard Troy, Chief Scientist Science Tools Corporation 510-924-1363 or 202-747-1263 rtroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://ScienceTools.com/
