Re: CHAT: "Nik"names :) (was Re: Middle Initials)
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 2:49 |
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 05:25:39PM -0500, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> [snip]
> > (timidly raising hand from the back) I could've sworn I knew *one*
> > female Jesse back in Texas. But I haven't misspelled your name--yet.
>
> Hmm. I thought the female version is usually spelt Jessie or Jessy or some
> other permutation.
<wry look> Yes, but "usually" never seems to stop a certain percentage
of parents. And I misremembered--it was this girl in California a friend
at UC Berkeley knew, and he spells well, and her name *is* Jesse.
YHL