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in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
In South Africa it is more likely that - oh dear, I've got to use the correct terms but it doesn't please me - white South Africans would be familiar with typically European/Anglophone surnames like Taylor, Cameron etc, which can serve as given names, whereas black South Africans would associate a word like Shepherd with Christianity. So RB Constance is right to think of Puritan names. Same principle.
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It's not just South Africans. I've know people from Nigeria and Kenya, and I think Ghana, with these types of names.
Zimbabwe is the best. For a while, several years ago, there was a government spokesperson, male I think, whose name was Psychologies. And I once attended a university graduation ceremony at which a Zimbabwean student proudly received his degree: his name was Furniture.
This message was edited 10/10/2024, 11:57 PM