In a message dated 7/1/06 12:01:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I knew an English initiator named Clive Richardson. The
last I heard , he was teaching in South Africa. However, these English
names you mention are very traditional and have been used for generations. The
African/ American names, I think, are relatively knew, since the sixties.
They are meant to sound anything but English and hopefully sound African. I
have heard African/ Americans that are moving up refer to them as *ghetto*
names.
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There are certain "English" names you almost never see used in America
but that the Brits use, kinda like names African-Americans give their
children that you would never see in other communities (Shaniqua,
Shaquille, Daneesha, etc.).
Some examples:
Giles
Nigel
Clive
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