On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:02:15 -0400, SharkD wrote:

> On 10/29/2009 7:05 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> In America, the name "Delilah" is apparently *8 times* more common than
>> the name "Gemma".
>>
>> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
>> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
>> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
>>
>> Or perhaps it's just because we're talking about America? Apparently
>> about 30 years ago, "Brandy" was a very popular name...
> 
> Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way
> there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.

Well, except for the Jewish Americans. ;-)

Jim

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