On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Eloise Beltz-Decker wrote:
>
> Well, urban legend or not, I do indeed know a young lady named
> Female. Pronounced feh-MAH-lay. Darned if I know ... but there does seem
> to be a huge flock of young African-American girls my age or younger with
> ... ahem, imaginative names. Most of them seem to be syllables strung
> together for no particular purpose other than sounding neat - which,
> actually, is a pretty darn cool way of naming a kid, if you think about
> it. Well, as long as you *do* think about it, I suppose. :->
Well, I suppose that would allow for people with names out of any
fantasy novel. Just as long as people don't start giving their kids names
with superfluous apostrophes.
C'orw'yn D'raca
Shire of Mynydd Seren
From: Aaron Bilodeau <abilodea@indiana.edu>
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