Florence and who...

[ratalman]

No: HPFGUIDX 70918

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> Just checked my Dictionary of First Names and I find that 
Florence 
> can be a male name. Here is the entry in the masculine 
section:
> 
> "From the Latin, meaning "blooming." Primarily a feminine 
name. 
> Variant forms: Fiorello, Florents, Florentz, Florenz. Place-name: 
> Florence, Italy."
> 
> Now, the feminine section:
> 
> "Became a prominently female name after is use by Charles 
Dickens as 
> Florence Dombey in his novel "Dombey and Son" (c. 1846) and 
by 
> Florence Nightengale (1820-1912) who was so named 
because she was 
> born in Florence, Italy."
> 
> So, Florence can be, though rarer, along the lines of Leslie, or 
> Beverely, or Marion, that is, used by both genders.
> 
> So, perhaps Sirius or Severus or Lupin, the three men most 
often 
> thought of as gay by those who wish to search for gay 
characters, 
> were kissing a Florence. And, not wishing to be outed, they 
would 
> have certainly hexed the hell out of Bertha.
> 
> And of course, Florence could be a last name...
> 
> Darrin
> -- Not espousing this theory, just throwing it out there for fun.

Not to mention the fact that Florence is the English equivalent of 
Firenze!  That could put a whole new twist on things....

By the way, have we ever had reference to any female centaurs?  
I'm assuming that there must be some, somewhere in the 
forest.

Robyn