I must not have being paying attention to The Economist‘s (excellent) business travel blog because only after reading this post did I shake off my complacent but long-held assumption that Gulliver was male.
Update: After now reading this post, I am assuming that there is more than one Gulliver, or that the name is assumed by any Economist correspondent with a business-travel story.
Don’t beat yourself up Ross – no expert on Swift but Gulliver was definitely a bloke. When I go by my nom de plume Shirley, people often assume I am a woman.
You’re a man, Shirley? I feel dirty.