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in reply to a message by Tue
It doesn't work for me at all. Sisarah and Sisandra sound like speech defects. Kimiriam is odd - there's a very good make ballet dancer here (South Africa) whose first name is Kimbrian! But one and all assume that the hyphen's been omitted ...
Another difficulty I have is that in some African languages the prefix si- or isi- is used to denote a language - Xhosa, for instance, is what westerners use, but Xhosa-speakers would call themselves the amaXhosa (Xhosa people, or: lots of Xhosa) and their language isiXhosa. Swazi people would say: I speak siSwati. And so on.
Another difficulty I have is that in some African languages the prefix si- or isi- is used to denote a language - Xhosa, for instance, is what westerners use, but Xhosa-speakers would call themselves the amaXhosa (Xhosa people, or: lots of Xhosa) and their language isiXhosa. Swazi people would say: I speak siSwati. And so on.
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