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in reply to a message by Rick
I am sorry, but even with auto-correction back-corrected I don't understand this question of yours:
"And you are the category has lots of facts of origin I wonder why this is?"
Do you wonder why for many names there are not a lot of facts about the origin? Well, I think mostly because no good and reliable facts are known.
And then there is this other thing: Many African-American names were coined or invented quite recently, or built out of short names and good-sounding syllables joined together, so "invented" or "combined" would be about the only facts that are to be known there.
"And you are the category has lots of facts of origin I wonder why this is?"
Do you wonder why for many names there are not a lot of facts about the origin? Well, I think mostly because no good and reliable facts are known.
And then there is this other thing: Many African-American names were coined or invented quite recently, or built out of short names and good-sounding syllables joined together, so "invented" or "combined" would be about the only facts that are to be known there.
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Thanks. But all names have origins somewhere in culture and language and place. This there seem to be a French influence in names starting with "la" and ending on "ce" for instance
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