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Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
FoxyBabe Started conversation Jul 11, 2002
And how often have you been wrong?
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jul 12, 2002
I do sometimes but mostly I base it on what they say and how they say it. Still I get it wrong sometimes 
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Jul 12, 2002
You'd probably get it wrong with me. 
I've had this name so long I can't remember why I chose it, and I'm too lazy to come up with anything better. 
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Pinniped Posted Jul 12, 2002
You mean Researchers have genders?!? 
P.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Cheerful Dragon Posted Jul 12, 2002
It depends on the name. A lot of names are asexual, so I don't make any assumptions. A name like 'Foxy Babe' seems female, though, and anything with 'Captain' or 'Admiral' seems male. And no, I don't go and check, so I never know if I'm wrong.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 12, 2002
I have news for you Cd-I'm pretty sure that Admiral Articuno is female. 
And obviously, Foxy Babe is now discovered as male by dint of asking the question.
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It's all too much..... Posted Jul 12, 2002
I assume all the time. The obvious guesses (if I wasn't thinking too much!) are:
Foxy Babe - F
Apparition - M
Twinkle - F
Pinniped - Hmmmm?
Cheerful Dragon - F
Blues Shark - F
Haven't visited any of your pages, yet, so don't take offence!
Anybody care to hazzard a guess at my gender. 
Never thought I'd be saying that!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 12, 2002
Ah hem. That'll come a s shock to Mina then.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Cloviscat Posted Jul 12, 2002
I find I assume M and they turn out to be F - is that something to do with society?
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
It's all too much..... Posted Jul 12, 2002
LOL Blueshark - Just a little joke! 
Cloviscat - I agree. It's the whole Blue for a boy, Pink for a girl steriotype.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
DoctorGonzo Posted Jul 12, 2002
I don't think anyone's ever made a wrong assumption about me - not about my sex, anyway - but fords_prefect (U183316) has come across the problem, as can be seen from her user space
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 12, 2002
Trying to guess the sex of 'It's all too much'...
Music teacher - suggests female to me
Has compiled a list of top 10 albums - suggests male
I'd go for male.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
It's all too much..... Posted Jul 12, 2002
Cheeky little.......
Hmmmmm, shrouded in mystery!
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
It's all too much..... Posted Jul 12, 2002
Anyway, you were meant to guess from nickname alone!
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
PQ Posted Jul 12, 2002
From nickname alone...
Its all too much.. - having trouble coping with life...Male
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
It's all too much..... Posted Jul 12, 2002
Or maybe it's just a song.
Hmmm, Queen!
P.S. I'm all man, baby!!
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
PQ Posted Jul 12, 2002
Queen - is because I stumbled in here via Yahoo Chat, where it is definately preferable to state your gender outright (trust me I spent a short time as "ImDeadScouseMe" and got accused on numerous occasions of necrophilia).
Not to mention that PencilGirl or PencilWoman both sound a little too pervy, and as a Queen it is always possible to freak out someone who is annoying you by claiming to be male...and gay...and very interested in getting to know them better.
Pencil Queen (who used to frequent the military rooms as "HappyGayGuy" to try to get a rise out of someone - a waste of time as it was full of women looking for husbands)
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Orcus Posted Jul 12, 2002
Well I guessed from the PK incident It's all too much... 
I've assumed wrong a couple of times and have since stopped assuming...
There was one rather well known researcher who I always assumed was male but Peta revealed otherwise on ACE forum some time back.
That's confidential though
You *can* often tell from the conversations that happen though.
Some seem to care about whether people know their genders, name, etc. online but personally I have no problem with revealing such things if there is a reason to. Each to their own though
Orcus - a demonic sort of bloke
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. Posted Jul 12, 2002
A friend who posts to alt.religion.kibology uses this .sig:
Zixia - "Not a gurl since 1973"
Liam. <- who, despite having letters sent to him that are addressed to Linda Groves which is incorrect in both cases, has never been a gurl.
Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
Online_again, The One and Only Pift Posted Jul 12, 2002
I do sometimes... when the nicknames are obvious. Other times, assupmtions appear to create themselves after reading a coupple of threads written by certain researches. Whether they are wrong or not, I am not sure about.
I do notice however, that people are really geniouses about getting MY gender wrong.
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Do you assume a Researchers gender by their nickname?
- 1: FoxyBabe (Jul 11, 2002)
- 2: Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) (Jul 12, 2002)
- 3: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Jul 12, 2002)
- 4: Pinniped (Jul 12, 2002)
- 5: Cheerful Dragon (Jul 12, 2002)
- 6: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 12, 2002)
- 7: It's all too much..... (Jul 12, 2002)
- 8: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 12, 2002)
- 9: Cloviscat (Jul 12, 2002)
- 10: It's all too much..... (Jul 12, 2002)
- 11: DoctorGonzo (Jul 12, 2002)
- 12: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 12, 2002)
- 13: It's all too much..... (Jul 12, 2002)
- 14: It's all too much..... (Jul 12, 2002)
- 15: PQ (Jul 12, 2002)
- 16: It's all too much..... (Jul 12, 2002)
- 17: PQ (Jul 12, 2002)
- 18: Orcus (Jul 12, 2002)
- 19: Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. (Jul 12, 2002)
- 20: Online_again, The One and Only Pift (Jul 12, 2002)
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