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in reply to a message by Anneza
That's quite interesting, thanks for sharing. However, I have a question: are English and Dutch/Afrikaans names still given? Or did the African names (eg. Xhosa, Sesotho, Zulu, etc.) lead the popularity?
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“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist – while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!”
-Lori Greiner
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Speakers of African languages form the great majority of our population! Quite often a child is given an African name as its fn and an English or Afrikaans one as its mn; this started as a courtesy to people like me who have difficulty pronouncing some of the sounds, clicks in particular, and also to facilitate entry into the labour market! This custom has, I think, been disappearing since democracy.
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I see, thanks!
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