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I don't ascertain Andy / Andi to be masculine or feminine due to the amount of people with Andrew / Andreas / Andrea / Andra. "Andrea" itself (I can't really use 'himself' or 'herself') as it has many differing pronunciations among different countries - or within specific countries - it can be used as either "male" or "female" with any pronunciation.

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In the US - and by US standards

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I love Lou (Lew / Lu - or whatever spelling)

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I like Charlie

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Can a Mikkey (Mikky / Micky - etcetera) be a Michael or Mike? I heard a Bangles song last January and learned that a band member changed her name from Susan Nancy to Michael - I think she must have suffered from Harassment as a lady in rock band. I do not know too much behind her story.

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Robert / Roberta / Barbara / Bobby / Bobbie / Bobbi / Barbie / Bob

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Some language historians believe that (as?) the Normans introduced the letter "r" (sonority) into the English language - which brought varying degrees of pronunciation difficulties, the diminutives of the respective names fused. Children frequently have difficulty pronouncing the letter "r' as well.

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I have more friends that happen to be female that are legally named Bobbie / or lady friends that go by Bobbi (from Barbara) than male friends named Robert (whether or not these male Roberts uses a form of Bobby). The "Rob" short form would not fit into this scenario.

This message was edited 5/4/2018, 3:46 AM