Re: probably a bloody obvious question...

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Padraic Brown wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> >Needless to say, I didn't consider it worth my time.  :-/  And I'm phobic
> >about college-level chemistry simply because I have *no* background.
>
> That could certainly be a problem! But I think it's something that
> you shouldn't have too much trouble handling. Especially if your
> maths are good.
My GPA in math courses alone is very good...for what *that's* worth.  I'm
unfortunately not as good at computational math, but everytime I tell
someone I want to learn more theoretical math (I'm taking abstract
algebra and intro to topology this semester, which ought to be fun) they
just shudder.  <G>

> >> A man of many talents! I never had the patience for beaded jewellery
[snip]
> >
> ><cough/wry grin>  Woman.  But my name is (my parents tell me) more often
> >male than female.
>
> Bugger. You know, when I was writing that, a suspicious little part
> of my mind said "You know, that might just be a woman you're writing
> to!" Alas for our text only medium! Well, same thing happens to me;
> as it's an uncommon name to most English speakers.
>
> Padraic.
Know the feeling.  <G>  Is your name rendered "Patrick" by
English-speakers who know no better?  I'd love to learn any Celtic
language, but it's not something I'm going to attempt without guidance.
I borrowed an Irish Gaelic grammar from a friend for a week once, and I
couldn't figure out what was meant by "broad" and "narrow" vowels (?),
among other things, so I just gave up.

I've been mistaken as male many times, simply because my name's ambiguous
even in Korean!

Go máire tú i bhfad agus rath,
(I *hope* I have the accents right...)
YHL