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Subject:	This is quite odd...
Author:	Bastien (Authenticated as Bastien Rosier)
Date:	December 11, 2008 at 6:31:18 PM
Reply to:	Gender of Saoirse by liam cummins

English does not observe grammatical gender, except vestigially upon a few pronouns, and I believe that this is a feminine name to boot.

Sincerely,

Bastien

But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.

John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale

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Messages in this thread:

Gender of Saoirse - liam cummins Dec 10 2008, 11:49:15 AM
- This is quite odd... - Bastien Dec 11 2008, 6:31:18 PM
- Re: Gender of Saoirse - Speranza Dec 11 2008, 9:13:42 AM
- Re: Gender of Saoirse - Llewella (nsi) Dec 10 2008, 12:24:42 PM
  - Yeah, agreed. nt - Chrisell Dec 11 2008, 3:27:45 AM

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