| From: | Richard Troy <rtroy(at)ScienceTools(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Male/female |
| Date: | 2006-12-08 20:17:10 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0612081215190.27353-100000@denzel.in |
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
>
> Yes, the table is used only for humans; it's part of some
> administrative software I'm writing for an educational institution,
> and the primary purpose of the gender column is to help the users
> cope with a problem new to the west of Ireland - the large influx of
> immigrants from Africa, eastern Europe and elsewhere means that it's
> no longer possible to tell a student's gender just from their
> name....!
>
> --Ray.
Ray, darest I point out that that's never been possible in English anyway?
There are dozens if not hundreds of androgenous names - Pat and Tracy come
immediately to mind, and there are countless others!
RT
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Richard Troy, Chief Scientist
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