On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:55:52 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/12/2021 11:12 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-12 2:05 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2021 21:29, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> My father was more French than English oriented. He went to the US
>>>> once for his work. An American asked him how he liked Americans. My
>>>> father replied "They're very friendly and ***".
>>>>
>>>> ("Gai" means cheerful in French.)
>>>>
>>> It used to mean that in English, too.
>>>
>> I went to school with a girl whose xtian name was "***".
>
>I did, too!
>
>Jill

*** was not very long ago a common name for men too. As a child my
Pediatrician's name was ***, I don't recall his last name but it was
some lengthy Italian name. Everyone called him Dr. ***.