Formerly Yoda

October 13th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^

most names have some origin that comes from a meaningful word. For example, Howard comes from old english word meaning warden or guard. Most Chinese names today have an actual meaning.

So I was genuinely curious if this had any meaning or it's parents putting letters together to make a sound.



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Joby

October 13th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^

Some African American names are invented, with extensive usage of prefixes like Da/De, La/Le, distinctive letters Q and V, and suffixes like -iqua and -awn. Some are French (Antoine), Arabic (Tariq) or Swahili (Imani) in origin and have particular meaning. The invented names are mostly an Afrocentric post-civil rights era phenomenon (African Americans above 50 are likely to have pretty conventional names), but these names give a melodic and unique rhythmic pattern when combined with the (usually) British surnames inherited from slavery. We chose a conventional name for our son, but I definitely dig our naming traditions.

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LSAClassOf2000

October 13th, 2016 at 6:32 PM ^

As I recall, the earliest we generally hear about times - outside of certain circumstances - is about two weeks out, so you might know as early as next week. If you want to make an educated guess though, look at the full schedule for that weekend on ESPN's site - at least what's been decided - and you can usually make a good guess based on the games already slated. 

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MGlobules

October 13th, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^

conducted by my white brethren and almost always involve people of other ethnic origins. Not saying it's hostile--don't think it is--but do find it. . . a little dubious.

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