>> Did Anne intentionally make almost all female names end with "a" for
>> the first few books (notable exception being Menolly)? If so, why did
>> she change her mind? Seems that in the most recent books, hardly any
>> femal character names follow this rule, but so many ended with "a" at
>> the beginning that I noticed it.
It seems to be a norm, in most of Western Europe. In some countries, ending in
'e' is also a femminine indicator. Male names tend to end in consonants: off
the top of my head, I can't think of an exception, apart from some
abbreviations, such as Steve for Steven.
Frank Wood
FrankWood95@aol.com
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