[Sca-cooks] Gender confusion

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 07:08 PM 6/1/2005, you wrote:

>You too, huh? I sound like a classic Irish tenor with bad sinuses
>(probably because that's exactly what I am), and tend to be kind of
>soft-spoken. People on the phone have been known to mistake me for a
>lady, but the one time I was forced by sudden and unexpected
>circumstances to pretend to be my lady wife, I was immediately busted...

I have the interesting quality of sounding just like all of the other women 
in my family; my mom, Aunt Verva, her daughter Amber, me, my sister Merrie, 
my daughters Anne-Marie and Lydia- all sound alike on the phone. So if one 
of us calls the other, we can't just say "Hi! How ya been?" My grandmother 
has the added annoyance of Verva having a son named Stephen Paul, and me 
having a son named Stephen Paul (I didn't know my cousin's name was the 
same until too late. Oh well.). But if we mention the boy (boy- cripes, my 
cousin is in his 30's and my son is 19) she can at least narrow it down a bit.

I've never tried to impersonate a spouse, however :-)

>Luckily, I cook like a man, or so I'm told. There's an aggressiveness
>to my style that has gotten my cooking referred to as being "highly
>seasoned with testosterone".

Don't you dredge that in flour and deep fry? I always thought it tasted 
like sweatsocks...

>(Blame Countess Aiden ni Lier for that
>one). And, of course, I'd make a REALLY ugly lady.

Maybe, but definitely one you wouldn't ever mess with!

Have to admit, when I'm dressed as Father Abelard, I make a goofy-looking 
guy. But while I can't change the jawline or shoulder width, I understand 
that I walk differently and use broader gestures. Guess it comes with the 
robes.

'Lainie
-sing everything but bass, just not at the same time
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O it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it 
like a giant--Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act II