I agree you cannot count on spellings being proper for the sex of the person. I have a female cousin who spells her name Beverley, normally the male spelling. She had a great uncle whose name was spelled Beverly, normally the female spelling. Errors tend to continue because they cause a mind set. Even today you'll find given names misspelled because the parents didn't know how it was spelled and spelled it how they thought it sounded. You can probably even find someone who will argue that I've got the spelling reversed. Best wishes, Dennis Reiley [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: [SH] Frances/Francis > In a message dated 10/18/2002 7:02:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > > My apology for misspelling the female version of Frances.> > > The female form is not ALWAYS Frances. I have a woman friend who spells her name Francis. She said the name (either spelling) is not common where she comes from (Arkansas) and that is just the way her parents spelled it. So you never know! > > Janet C-S > > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > ** To unsubscribe from this list send > unsubscribe to > [email protected] for > regular mode, or > [email protected] for > digest ** >