to not know the sex of my brother's babies based on their names?

[mrscrocoduck]

He's just had twins, Brook and Drew. One was going to be a boy (apparently) and one a girl, but now I'm embarrassed because I can't tell from the names which is which.

Had decided Brook was the girl but then saw drew in pink....

One of my american friends called her B/G twins jackson and parker. I had the same problem. Apparently it's obvious that Parker is the girl.

jackson is def a boys name, so guess that would make parker a girl - isnt there an actress called parker posy or something like that?

it all becomes clear ..

In desperate housewives isn't one of the scavo boys called Parker??

PMSL at Firestarter and Asbo.

The only Parker I remember is Parker Abrams in Buffy - a boy.

If I came across the names Drew & Brook without knowing them , I'd assume they were both girls...

Parker is definately a boys name.

I would say Brooke with an e on the end is a girl, and Drew is a boy...but I do know a girl Drew, whos full name is Drusilla.

The only Drew I know is a boy, short for Andrew, I thought if it was a girl it would have been Dru for Drusilla. Brook is a family name for BOYS! (well, in my family anyhow!)

feeling your pain mrs croc! thats grim alright.....

Hey Mrs. Croc - where do you teach? It's just that my son has a gender ambiguous name and if you're as snobby and judgmental about your newborn blood relations, I would hate to think what you're like with your pupils.

Have you never come across a female Chris or a male Lindsay? A female Alex and a male Stacey?

i don't think its BU to not know which is which, its a bit U to be taking the piss out of their names, i know a girl drew and she's lovely, i have NEVER heard of a boy call brook, but hey as long as its not short for brooklyn!

There are 2 boys called Brook at DS2s nursery. Must be getting popular.

you're being naive ML. Vast majority of teachers look at their classlists for the year and earmark which are going to be the PITAs. 9 times out of 10 they are right Let's hope your ds is the 1.

Plus I don't think MrsCroc was saying gender-ambiguous names are the problem; it's the names themselves.

But if they're daft enough to name their children with androgenous names, they have to suck it up when people ask which is which.

yea but theres no harm in asking which is which
its taking the piss thats the problem
i like the names, some people wont...but jesus laughing about your fucking niece and nephews names on a public forum...bitch, much?

Why do you care?

You don't like your brother, you probably won't see the babies much and you don't like the names either.

And for whoever said they have a great auntie.

Parker is a girls name too.

I love my nephew but the poor sod is lumbered with B.A.Boon. Oh how I giggle [shrug]

The 2 Brooks I know are female, as are the 2 Drews although 1 Drew's real name is Andrew.
I deliberately avoided unisex names/ hard to spell names/ most popular names so there will be 3 in their class, for my 2.

Sorry should have said the 2 Drews are boys.

I'm not being naive ItchyandScratchy - it comes as no surprise to me that teachers make negative judgments and reinforce social stereotypes. Just give all the Isabellas and Olivers A grades and send Alisha and Callum to the Headmaster's office. Save the trouble of getting to know them or actually trying teach anything.

It says a lot about you that you don't even know my son's name and you still want to get in a dig. Thanks for your concern - he won't need it.

Also you might want to re-read the title of the OP if you don't think it's about gender?

itchyandscratchy "Vast majority of teachers look at their classlists for the year and earmark which are going to be the PITAs"

What a horrible and depressing piece of information that is.

Well the Alisha I teach is one of the nicest and cleverest in the class!

Teachers don't all make judgements about names (well, except maybe children called Kane/Cain/Cane/Kain) and the op is being horrible imho.

People are going to think they are saying Brook Andrew and not Brook and Drew, and think they are gramatically challenged ....

I agree with you JANEITE. It was just an example.

JemL - it's not a piece of information, it's an unwarranted speculation, probably based on a couple of jokey threads on the TLS forum - on a par with judging all mothers on the basis of the 'Mumsnet Shit tips of the day' thread.