and I get super tired of spelling out my first name to unilingual, English speaking people --can't people figure out the gender difference between Jean and Gene? I never had to do this when I was a child...but now it's quite frequent.
poor shooting star.....and then there's me.... Lynda Gene Rymond ....gender F, parents apparently intent that no one EVER spell my name correctly. Sometimes, like in my high school year book, they "land the triple" and get all 3 wrong.