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Re: 33 unknowns left
- From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus dot com>
- To: pinskia at gmail dot com
- Cc: Peter Bergner <bergner at vnet dot ibm dot com>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:31:17 -0400
- Subject: Re: 33 unknowns left
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pinskia@gmail.com <pinskia@gmail.com>:
> > Really? Interesting. I have bever encountered "Ira" as a female name before.
> > What language does this?
>
> Most likely Hebrew. Ira is located in Israel.
OK, that's educational. I associate the name with American Jews, but
in English it is AFAIK only given to males.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>