[thechat] pop tarts and smashed guitars (was: hell, I forgot)

[Erika Meyer]

First of all: dammit, Morgan.  I was really enjoying the illusion 
that you might be a woman.  sheesh.

Second, you are correct, I guess.   Morgan is TRADITIONALLY a man's 
name.  "Traditional" being the operative word, okay?

http://www.crosswinds.net/~daire/names/celtscotmale.html
http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/morgan.shtml#morgan_text

I too am guilty of confusing Morrigan with Morgan, although, 
considering my daughter's middle name is MORGAN and that she has 
inherited this name from her FATHER who's middle name is also 
MORGAN... I am still happier with Morgan because Morgan is a 
reference to the sea (and Morrigan is just scary-- it would be a good 
goth name).

My daughter was born by the sea.  I walked for a very long time on a 
Mad River Beach (near mouth of Mad River) at sunset, with a storm 
coming on, those warm winds and pretty clouds... in order to induce 
my labor... I kind of wished I could just give birth at the beach 
because hospitals suck.  While I was in labor, the rains started, and 
the next day or so our hospital room (Mad River Hospital is on 
wetland) actually flooded, and there were power outages, etc.

So I don't care about the gender, the water is the significant 
reference. But yeah, she inherited the name from her dad.

Erika

Morgan Kelsey wrote:
>bless you martin, the world needs more men named morgan.
>
>afterall, it is a *man's* name.
>
>i don't what its like in the UK, but in the US there has been a serious
>upsurge in little girls named morgan.
>
>poor girls, having a man's name.