From: Junio C Hamano <hidden> Date: 2016-12-01 23:48:17
"Philip Oakley" [off-list ref] writes:
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Depends, I only know Mallorys who are women so her seems appropriate.
In a British context "Mallory and Irvine" were two (male) climbers who
died on Everest in 1924 (tales of daring...), so it's easy to expect
(from this side of the pond) that 'Mallory' would be male. However he
was really George Mallory.
Meanwhile that search engine's images shows far more female Mallorys,
so I've learnt something.
"baby name Mallory" in search engine gave me several sites, most of
them telling me that is a girl's name except for one.
Didn't think of doing image search, but that's a good way ;-)
From: Ramsay Jones <hidden> Date: 2016-12-02 00:07:58
On 01/12/16 23:43, Junio C Hamano wrote:
"Philip Oakley" [off-list ref] writes:
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Depends, I only know Mallorys who are women so her seems appropriate.
In a British context "Mallory and Irvine" were two (male) climbers who
died on Everest in 1924 (tales of daring...), so it's easy to expect
(from this side of the pond) that 'Mallory' would be male. However he
was really George Mallory.
Meanwhile that search engine's images shows far more female Mallorys,
so I've learnt something.
"baby name Mallory" in search engine gave me several sites, most of
them telling me that is a girl's name except for one.
Didn't think of doing image search, but that's a good way ;-)
Heh, I didn't think about any of this. I was remembering the
description of 'Man-in-the-middle Attack' from Applied Cryptography
(Bruce Schneier) which implies that Mallory is male.
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
From: Jeff King <hidden> Date: 2016-12-02 00:19:07
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 12:07:50AM +0000, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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In a British context "Mallory and Irvine" were two (male) climbers who
died on Everest in 1924 (tales of daring...), so it's easy to expect
(from this side of the pond) that 'Mallory' would be male. However he
was really George Mallory.
Meanwhile that search engine's images shows far more female Mallorys,
so I've learnt something.
"baby name Mallory" in search engine gave me several sites, most of
them telling me that is a girl's name except for one.
Didn't think of doing image search, but that's a good way ;-)
Heh, I didn't think about any of this. I was remembering the
description of 'Man-in-the-middle Attack' from Applied Cryptography
(Bruce Schneier) which implies that Mallory is male.
I admit that I always assumed Applied Cryptography (and other papers)
were always talking about a female. But that's probably because I
started with an assumption about the name in the first place. That
probably came from watching the Family Ties sitcom as a kid; the older
daughter is named Mallory (and if you google it, you can see some
amazing 80's haircuts and clothes).
We can call her Marsha if you want, instead evoking Brady Bunch memories
of 60's clothing and haircuts.
-Peff
From: Ramsay Jones <hidden> Date: 2016-12-02 01:22:13
On 02/12/16 00:18, Jeff King wrote:
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 12:07:50AM +0000, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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quoted
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In a British context "Mallory and Irvine" were two (male) climbers who
died on Everest in 1924 (tales of daring...), so it's easy to expect
(from this side of the pond) that 'Mallory' would be male. However he
was really George Mallory.
Meanwhile that search engine's images shows far more female Mallorys,
so I've learnt something.
"baby name Mallory" in search engine gave me several sites, most of
them telling me that is a girl's name except for one.
Didn't think of doing image search, but that's a good way ;-)
Heh, I didn't think about any of this. I was remembering the
description of 'Man-in-the-middle Attack' from Applied Cryptography
(Bruce Schneier) which implies that Mallory is male.
I admit that I always assumed Applied Cryptography (and other papers)
were always talking about a female. But that's probably because I
started with an assumption about the name in the first place. That
probably came from watching the Family Ties sitcom as a kid; the older
daughter is named Mallory (and if you google it, you can see some
amazing 80's haircuts and clothes).
We can call her Marsha if you want, instead evoking Brady Bunch memories
of 60's clothing and haircuts.
I'm not sure it matters too much, but if you are going to
change the name then Eve is also used in the description
of Man-in-the-middle (see "Practical Cryptography", Ferguson
and Schneier).
ATB,
Ramsay Jones