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I posted this on the Opinions board in case there was something obvious that I'd missed. But nobody seemed to know anything.
I don't necessarily trust some newspaper person saying that a name is Indian, or is anything, without proof. And this one looks fishy - but her parents must have got it from somewhere. Any info?
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21212368.html
There is an Irish swimmer named Sycerika Macmahon. The explanation on the above website (a Belfast newspaper) is: "The first thing that strikes you is her Indian name and it somehow seems appropriate that it should mean "flame of a candle" because she clearly has a burning desire second to none."
Unfortunately, there the explanation ends. But, whatever its connotations may be in India, all I saw (and heard from the commentators) was "sick Erika", and I'm willing to bet that a lot of her contemporaries at school had the same idea, more especially since she doesn't look Indian (whatever that means). And Sycerika hasn't made it to the BtN database either.
Any thoughts and/or information?
I don't necessarily trust some newspaper person saying that a name is Indian, or is anything, without proof. And this one looks fishy - but her parents must have got it from somewhere. Any info?
Previous message:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21212368.html
There is an Irish swimmer named Sycerika Macmahon. The explanation on the above website (a Belfast newspaper) is: "The first thing that strikes you is her Indian name and it somehow seems appropriate that it should mean "flame of a candle" because she clearly has a burning desire second to none."
Unfortunately, there the explanation ends. But, whatever its connotations may be in India, all I saw (and heard from the commentators) was "sick Erika", and I'm willing to bet that a lot of her contemporaries at school had the same idea, more especially since she doesn't look Indian (whatever that means). And Sycerika hasn't made it to the BtN database either.
Any thoughts and/or information?
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