Sunday, July 07, 2013  Brother or sister speaks well?  Steve
Sailer's insight into the secure masculinity of biblical male
names has been of great personal interest recently. While it's a
great place to start, however, it isn't without exceptions. He
never claimed it was, of course--I've just finally gotten around
to putting a little pressure on it.  Aaron/Erin is the first
exception that comes to mind, though I'm sure there are more.
Enlighten me, please. That the feminine origins are distinct
from the masculine ones doesn't negate (at least not fully) the
functional consequences of onomastic homonyms when it comes to
given names as far as I'm concerned.   Steve Johnson said...  I
think you meant homophones and not homonyms.  Homonyms share a
spelling - homophones share a pronunciation.  ...although Aaron
and Erin have distinct pronunciations.  Audacious Epigone
said...   I thought the word homonym was a sort of linguistic
catchall for laymen. See this definition, for example.  Yeah,
first should be air-un,