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The Essence Of English Names? by basille(m): 8:54pm On Mar 21, 2015 |
Fellow nairalanders, what's the essence of an English name? I know some Nigerians do bear one or two 'English' names and also most Nigerian parents do give their children 'English' names but do their foreign counterparts do the same? I haven't seen a brit or American ( with no ties whatsoever to Nigeria) bearing an igbo, hausa, or yoruba name. What's your say? 1 Like |
Re: The Essence Of English Names? by Nobody: 12:11am On Mar 22, 2015 |
basille: Hi ...@post, during the Junior FIFA World Cup in Nigeria some 5 or 6 years ago, I worked at the stadium One day, in a meeting with the Turkey team...they realised that almost everyone on our side had an English name...eg Rose except for a few including yours truly They were so confused and wondered why we would have oyibo names. I was embarrassed... But I excuse the parents and grand parents that we had.....on contact with the oyibo, they embraced their culture (as it was taught them) ...one of the results was baptism and English names Nowadays, however is where i have a problem, cos we all know better now I am sure There is no justification for doing so now...none at all But naming has gone nuclear, and we now have Dylan, Chelsea, etc....more and more oyibo names...beyond the names of the saints of religions A tad embarrassing for me...and reflects the Lifecourse theory in Cultural studies...sad But then, these are my views One is allowed to name her child Siobhaen or anything he likes Just that, (Our names are even nicer, and resonate better within the soul) Oh well 1 Like |
Re: The Essence Of English Names? by basille(m): 8:45pm On Mar 24, 2015 |
milychocs: Lol, why shouldn't they be. Yes, you are right about people having the right to name their children whatsoever they want, but while doing so most of our cultural names goes into extinction. Some Nigerian parents (mostly in diaspora) see their children's ability to speak their mother tongue as being "Local" or irrelevant, whereas it's this same people who get to complain about how our cultural values are going extinct. Oh well, it's a free world. 1 Like |
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