> > > > > Gri"no one should name their son 'Ashley', or their daughter 'John'"shny
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> > > > That reminds me of Vagrant Story (an RPG for Playstation). The *male* main character's name is Ashley Riot. Odd, ne?
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> > > Brunnen-"was laughing too much at the name 'Ashley Riot' to progress very far with that game"G
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> > Wasn't someone's [male] cousin/fiance named Ashley in Gone with the Wind..?
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> > ri "Never heard of a girl named John, though" a
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> Just as an aside, Ashley is a relativly common boy's (or should that be "boys'"?) name in Britain. To the extent that the two most popular soap operas both have male characters called Ashley.
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> winter"Personally, I feel sorry for A Boy Named Sue"mute

All right, I admit it. I've always secretly thought that I'd love to name a hypothetical son Ashley. (Of course, the fact that there is a male hero named Ashley in a trilogy of books that I've read several times doesn't hurt matters, either.) But rest assured, fellow Rinkies, because I will never be able to do so. I have a female cousin named Ashley and I am quite certain that my entire family would lynch me for giving her name to a boy.

Ell"No snickering!!"myruh