seriously, i have not laughed this hard in years. my personal favorite is "Pay as you go Mfeka"
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > At the recent M4D conference in Karlstad, Sweden John Traxler showed some > material on the cultural impact of the mobile phone on naming conventions in > Africa (see the article below). > > There are other examples of technology/culturally inspired naming > conventions. As I recall Bill Bryson has written on how the Pilgrims in the > US also adopted what we might see as exotic names. > > > http://www.reporter.co.za/article.aspx?ID=RP21A371718 > > Rich L. > > Sent from mobile phone > > PS Would someone be so kind as to enter this into the Ning blog? > > > The article is as follows: > > Would you name your child Nokia? > > By Sipho Nhlapo > > Find out how the cell phone era has influenced names. > > Ever since mobile phone services were introduced in KwaZulu-Natal some > parents have named their children after some of the terms used by mobile > services providers. > > According to Home Affairs statistics some of the children born from 1993 > when mobile services were introduced in the province (and the rest of SA) > have the following names: > > 1. Network Madondo > 2. Subscriber Zulu > 3. Nokia Khumalo > 4. Siemens Mdlalose > 5. Motorola Buthelezi > 6. Dial Magubane > 7. Vodacom Mkhize > 8. Call Later Ndlovu > 9. Voicemail Ngobese > 10 Simcard Makhathini > 11 Scratchcard Mlaba > 12 Talktime Luthuli > 13 Send Ndebele > 14 Paging Nyawose > 15 Cellphone Mpungose > 16 Message Gumede > 17 SMS Mabaso > 18 Phonebook Dlamini > 19 Ringtone Khoza > 20 MTN Shezi > 21 Prepaid Zwane > 22 Pay as you go Mfeka > 23 Please Call Me Cetshwayo > 24 Contract Mabaso > 25 Charger Ngobese > 26 Hands Free Tshabalala > 27 Unavailable Masondo > 28 Switchoff Mabuza > 29 Sim-Rejected Hlongwane > 30 Airtime Zwelithini > 31 Internet Mthethwa > 32 Server Mkhize > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
