[Kevy Baby]

You my not believe this one, but it is a true story. (Either that or my friend has pulled one over on me, which is not her style.)

The brother of a very good friend of mine worked at as a Social Worker working mainly Hispanic families in a poor part of town (which town I don't remember, but somewhere in So. Cal). This one couple ended up pregnant and he was working with them to make sure the mother got the care she needed throughout her pregnancy.

After their child was born, the couple brought the baby in to see the Social Worker. Naturally, he asked their new daughter's name was.

(And I will use the phonetic spelling of the baby's name until the end.)

"Fey-maul-ee" the mother gleefully responded.

"Fey-maul-ee?" the Social Worker queried.

"Yes," said new mother, "the hospital named her for us."

After continued discussion, Social Worker realizes what happened. It seems it is the hospital's standard practive to put the GENDER in teh first name area of the birth certificate if teh parents don't have a name at the tme of birth. So the parents thought the hospital had named their daughter "Female" (pronounce as if it were a Spanish word).