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Help[Opinions] Re: Hershey and Female
in reply to a message by Megan
Female is an urban legend that's been around for years. It is possible there is a real woman named Female some place, but no one has ever been able to give me proof of it. And the part of the story that blames it on the ignorance of the mother is the hallmark of most urban legends about names. So I'm very skeptical about that being true.
Hershey, on the other hand, fits in with all the other surnames ending in -y like Delaney, Riley, Ashley, Shirley, Beverly, etc. that have become girls' names over the years, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it used as a name. Though I think I'd need more proof for the combination "Hershey Chocolate Carmel" than a posting on an Internet bulletin board, especially since Carmel is rare as a surname (though it does evidently exist).
And the other hallmark of urban legends is that the huge majority of people who repeat them aren't "making them up"-- they really have been told them by someone else. It's just that when you try to track down any real evidence for them they end up told by "a friend of a friend of a friend" and you never get back to the original source. :)
Hershey, on the other hand, fits in with all the other surnames ending in -y like Delaney, Riley, Ashley, Shirley, Beverly, etc. that have become girls' names over the years, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it used as a name. Though I think I'd need more proof for the combination "Hershey Chocolate Carmel" than a posting on an Internet bulletin board, especially since Carmel is rare as a surname (though it does evidently exist).
And the other hallmark of urban legends is that the huge majority of people who repeat them aren't "making them up"-- they really have been told them by someone else. It's just that when you try to track down any real evidence for them they end up told by "a friend of a friend of a friend" and you never get back to the original source. :)
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