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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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Is Rowling a male name?

0 Is 01i00Rowling02i00 a male name? 0-
  

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0I've only heard it as a surname, which are not male or female. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0I've only heard it as a surname, which are not male or female.
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01cite10nona the brit12cite10I've only heard it as a surname, which 11b10are12b10 not male or female. 15012br
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00Why did you use 01i00are02i00? I would have used 01i00is02i00 there. 03
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0I knew you'd say that! I had to think about it myself.02br
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00I can see arguments for both options but I went for the one that made it clear all surnames are not male or female, whereas 'is' could (in my mind) mean that this specific surname is not male or female, but that perhaps other surnames are. I wanted to include the whole lot of them and get away from just this
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0 Nona, the wise. Thank you for the help. 0-
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