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in reply to a message by shawntee21
First, before someone else tells you, writing in all capitals is considered "shouting" on the Web and is not something you should do.
The French word for "enchanted" is enchanté and is pronounced something like "aw-shawn-tay". It used to occur in old American movies a lot as something elegant Frenchmen exclaimed while kissing a woman's hand. I do believe that Ashauntee, which began occuring as a girls' name in many different spellings in the African-American community before the African tribal name Ashanti became popular, may actually be related to that French word. It is possible that Shawntee was in some cases a shortened version of Ashawntee.
The French word for "enchanted" is enchanté and is pronounced something like "aw-shawn-tay". It used to occur in old American movies a lot as something elegant Frenchmen exclaimed while kissing a woman's hand. I do believe that Ashauntee, which began occuring as a girls' name in many different spellings in the African-American community before the African tribal name Ashanti became popular, may actually be related to that French word. It is possible that Shawntee was in some cases a shortened version of Ashawntee.
This message was edited 9/29/2005, 8:48 PM
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