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milky  +  314335 Fri, 12 Jan 07 12:54 PM

Apparently, English female names tend to be longer than English male names.

Why should that be so, if so?
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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
Mithunbarik, 2 yr 292 days ago
Is it so? Interesting!
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Marvin A.  +  326646 Fri, 09 Feb 07 03:32 AM
Interesting. I know that male names often are shortened more frequently than female names: like Samuel -> Sam, but Samantha's are less likely to go by "Sam" in more formal contexts. Also, some feminine endings make in longer: compare /dæniEl/ vs. /dæniEl@/.
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