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in reply to a message by Tippins
First off, I really wish you wouldn't go :(
But I don't feel as though I'm personally ignorant of the naming styles of black parents, and I still honestly feel like a lot of these names are at the extreme end of the spectrum. Off the top of my head, some of the kids I went to high school with were named Antwan, Tyrone, Mario and Atlantis or Australia, Kenya, Venice (prn. VEN-eese) and Valina, and that's nothing compared to what's in these BAs.
For what it's worth, I'm from West Michigan. Maybe we Northerners are just more conservative in our naming overall?
But I don't feel as though I'm personally ignorant of the naming styles of black parents, and I still honestly feel like a lot of these names are at the extreme end of the spectrum. Off the top of my head, some of the kids I went to high school with were named Antwan, Tyrone, Mario and Atlantis or Australia, Kenya, Venice (prn. VEN-eese) and Valina, and that's nothing compared to what's in these BAs.
For what it's worth, I'm from West Michigan. Maybe we Northerners are just more conservative in our naming overall?
This message was edited 12/12/2008, 1:20 AM
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