HUGE pet peeve. Gender assumptions.

[Touchdown]

My name is Tracy. I am a male.

Tracy has been a male name for more than 1000 years in Ireland, more than 2000 years in Greece, and somewhere in between in France.
In Greece, it means... one who tills the soil.
In France, it means...warlike.
In Ireland, it means... Pathfinder, or in gaelic "Tracer".

Then, in the 1950s, some WASPS decided to stick it one more time to the Irish and name all their girls after Irish male names, and then all Hell broke loose. Look at them...

Stacy
Carol
Sean
Shawn
Kelly
Lindsay
...the list goes on.
and of course...Tracy

When a girl gets named Deitrick, Costa, Ian, Jaques, Jesus, Niccoli, Seth, or Jason then I would see that it's not a conspiracy to castrate the Irish people. Until then, stop e-mailing, calling, knocking on my door or walking up to my desk, asking for Tracy .... "Is SHE there?" Putting up with this shit for so many years gets so IRRITATING, as well as "Tee Hee Hee...That's a girl's name!" (which only come from females. I've never heard a male say that ...EVER!) :grr:

And if the Irish definition is to stick to the name, then by all rights, women shouldn't be named Tracy in the first place, since they all have to ask for directions.:evilgrin:

I curse God, because if it wasn't for his invention of alcohol, the Irish would've taken over the World! :rofl:

[Tikki]

1. Oh yeah, I can relate....

Nearly 35 years ago we named our sweet little red haired baby boy : Delaney. I, first, heard that name
as a male character in a Disney movie and always admired the Irish sound.

Now there are all these little girls running around named Delaney. One time I asked a
mother what she called her Delaney for 'short' and she answered Dela (pronounced as Della). I had to laugh out loud
because of all the pet names I have called my son...Dela never was one of them.



Tikki

[MissMillie]

2. Lane?

That was my cousin's name.

[Tikki]

6. Lane for sure.....

His big brother has always called him Lane Man.



Tikki

[joneschick]

14. I had a great-aunt Lane

but she was a Magdalena. Sweet memories, Aunt Lane and Uncle Bill (WHilhelm)always a fresh dollar bill in the birthday card....

[chaska]

3. My sister-in-law named her first daughter Leland. Anyone...

ever heard that used as a girl's name?

My name is Gene (I hate it - I'm a junior), more often than not it gets spelled by others as 'Jean'.

I can relate.

[ceile]

5. Leland?

Never heard of it for a girl. But it is my fav character's name on Monk.

[displacedtexan]

9. Put the lotion in the basket, damn it!

The captain is also my favorite Monk character.

[Lance_Boyle]

25. I knew a tennis player named "Leland" once.

Beautiful girl - it's a fine name.

[ceile]

4. I'm guilty of that.

Whenever I hear the name Kelly I assume it's a girl. But I always get a kick when it's a guy. Kelly is a damn sexy name for a man.

[China_cat]

7. If it's any consolation

I know 2 males named Shannon.

[swimboy]

8. I'm a tenor and

I'm damn tired of being answered to as ma'am on the telephone here in the south. :eyes:

[tjwmason]

13. What do you mean by that?

Tenors are women, and polite American manners suggests calling women ma'am. :hides:

One of these days your voice may break, don't worry. :P

[swimboy]

17. Well

there are just so many different ways I could respond to this--all of which would get me alerted on :evilgrin:

And I don't want to tick off Touchdown by having his thread disappeared.

But you are in for it, Madam!

[tjwmason]

18. Is that a threat or a promise?

:evilgrin:

But I'm more than ready to have you prove your maleness to me any time you want.

[Touchdown]

19. OOOH! Sex war!

:popcorn:

[swimboy]

23. You may want to have someone make some sandwiches

This may prove lengthy.

[Deep13]

10. Had a male client named Jan once.

It is similar to Ian or John. I imagine he was pretty sick of that too.

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[Touchdown]

27. Yeah but it was that little bastard rabbit that put it to a question.

"Bambi. Hmmm. Yeah, I guess that's Ok."

Fry him up!:crazy:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Silent J or enunciated J?

I know a (male) Scandinavian with the name Jan--pronounced "Yahn."

[bleedingheart]

31. Jan or Jon in Dutch is pronounced ..."yun"...

and it is a boy's name there..

[Arugula Latte]

12. Don't forget: Beverly Leslie!

:toast:

[Touchdown]

15. Well, well, well. If it isn't Karen Walker!

[Arugula Latte]

26. That's Anastasia Beaverhausen to you!

;)

[LynneSin]

16. Try having Lynne as a name

wasn't a problem until the Steelers won the Superbowl back in the 70s. Now the asshole is running for governor

:grr:

[CottonBear]

20. I've known three male Kims. One of them is a proiminent lawyer.

Kim is a more unusual male name. Most Kims are female.
Isn't there a country singer named Tracey?

[Touchdown]

22. Yeah. Trace Adkins or Atkins.

I'm a rock fan, so I don't keep up with country.:shrug:

Most people call me Trace as well.

[Deja Q]

21. Do 'Jamie' and 'Julian' count?

:D

[Touchdown]

24. Julian definitely would. Jamie? That's short for James.

What's the christian name for a female Jamie? Jaminiqua? :evilgrin: I don't know. There's no rules here.:hi:

[swimboy]

29. Jacobina

Jaminiqua? Now I can't get the Singing Nun out of my head.

[Ariana Celeste]

28. If it means anything,

I know 3 Tracy's and only 1 of them is female. :hi:

[Touchdown]

33. Hug.

:hug:

[LostinVA]

40. I work with two -- both male

Actually, most people I've known named Tracy have been male... I also grew up in a very ethnic area: Sicilians and Irish.

[CanuckAmok]

32. Hear hear! I, too, suffer the consequences of a "girl's name".

So this is what it sounds like... when doves cry...

[Touchdown]

34. Crying in the Rain - a-Ha

OOps, wrong thread.:dunce:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. I know a guy named Tracy.

On a side note, in college, I took History of Modern Ireland. We learned that whenever the Irish started meeting up without alcohol, the British got worried, because it meant they were about to do something big.

[skygazer]

36. I thought this would be about the workplace

Because I've gotten that all MY life. Worked as a snowmobile mechanic - "Is he in?" "This is SHE."

Worked road construction - "Oh, are you a flagger?" (No, I was not - I was a grunt laborer and did the same job the men did).

Worked running heavy equipment - "Hey, where's the guy who runs this rig?" "SHE is right here."

Now I run a liquor department in a supermarket. I lift heavy cases all day. One day, some old piece of shit had the nerve to tell me that a man should be doing my job. I could have picked him up and thrown him over my shoulder without breaking a sweat.

And I'm part Irish. :toast:

[jpgray]

37. Make your business/whatever name "Trace"

Everyone assumes that's a guy name.

[LostinVA]

38. Courtney -- also a man's name

[Skittles]

39. I work with an Indian guy named Juliet

ya, he gets frustrated too

[Broken_Hero]

41. same with the name Kim also, right? n/t