On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Hall, Jack wrote:

> A new question: how do we determine the sex of a person. May we infer 
> from the forename if we assume it is (usually?) used for one sex or the 
> other? Do we need further evidence, and what might that be? I hesitate 
> to email someone asking: What sex are you?

  If it can be determined from a person's forename, why bother? Waste of 
time... unless we have to make sure exceptional people aren't confused 
with others.

jgm

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