Subject: Let's see.
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Posted on: 2019-11-23 19:52:41 UTC

Kheshbon Ploni Randomali, חשבון פלוני רנדומלי? Literally, 'the account of an unknown, random person'? This does make for a male-coded name, though--you could also go for Kheshbon Ben Adam Randomali, חשבון בן אדם רנדומלי, or Kheshbon Ben Enosh Randomali, חשבון בן אנוש רנדומלי 'the account of a random human being'? Technically the terms 'ben enosh' and 'ben adam' are masculine, but they're also understood to be general terms for 'human being'. What can I say--Hebrew is a bi-gendered language. I think there are workarounds being thought up here and there, and there are a number of words which can be either masculine or feminine, ('wind' is one of them, though it mostly takes the feminine), but overall, it's one or the other.

~Z

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