Meet my girlfriend Fred, love of my life

[Winston]

Americans are strange, it's not just the Texans. They seem to have their boys' & girls' names seriously mixed up. They regularly pick names for their defenseless daughters such as

Terry
Leslie/Lesley
Toni
Stevie
Kim
Rene/Renee
Charly
Carly
Robin
Sam
Joey
Lois

And find such manly names for unfortunate little boys as

Sherri
Shelley
Shannon
Marion
Jaime

It's a travesty. Girls should be named Mary or Susan, boys John or Michael. Enough of this U.S. transgender naming baloney.

Winnie

[Ninot]

I blame Reagan

[Cyclotron]

Agreed. Some have been appropriated entirely by theiving females, like 'Lindsay.'

[Barnabas]

I thought most of my life than Joni Mitchell was a man

[Wycoff]

I've never met any guy named Sherri or Shelley. If there are people in the US that use those as boys' names, then they are few and far between. It would be like naming a boy Mary or Sue.

[DanS]

To be fair, many of those names are short for other names -- e.g., Sam is short for Samantha.

And Stevie Nicks will rock your world, you Danish girlie man.

[CorpusScorpius]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I thought most of my life than Joni Mitchell was a man

Heres a little hint for the non Americans if there is an I at then end of a mans name its a woman

Toni
Joni

Some of those daughters names are nickname versions .. Teri=Teresa/Kim=Kimberley/Sam=Samantha

Have never heard of the first to names being on a guy as far Jaime= James (depending on pronunciation)

[SlowwHand]

Actually I did date a Freddie. Short for Frederica.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Wycoff
I've never met any guy named Sherri or Shelley. If there are people in the US that use those as boys' names, then they are few and far between. It would be like naming a boy Mary or Sue.

...Or a girl Billie Jean?

Those examples were taken from memory, so not all of them may be entirely accurate.. The pattern is however, all too clear.

[Sava]

I knew a girl named Winston...

actually, wasn't really a girl... he was just a really big *****

[duke o' york]

Winston, do you know what John Wayne's real name was?

[Winston]

@ Sava

duke,

Don't remember exactly.. Marion?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Winston
@ Sava

He was British though...

so I don't know what that means

[Winston]

Yep, just checked it. Marion Mitchell Morrison.

See?

I still love John Wayne though. Not his fault.

[Dis]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Winston, do you know what John Wayne's real name was?

Marion