13 MARCH 1993, Page 30

Irish humour

Sir: Mr Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 27 February) has stated that 'it is no longer possible to tell an American's sex by its name'. Is this his own opinion, or did he find it in one of the novels written by his dear mother Evelyn?

Fergus Gwynplaine MacIntyre

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