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<blockquote data-quote="Rion" data-source="post: 62152419" data-attributes="member: 166965"><p>I saw no mention of black names, but fair enough. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>My links link back to that study, which I said was flawed. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I've never known anyone with that name. Tell me, what does the Ja mean?</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>If I used the term foreign, it was poor choice on my part. While there are certainly idiots who think any non European name is strange (I once worked with a guy who thought Buddhists worshipped boots... no lie), I was meaning more that names which do not "sound" like they belong into any given group. It's an unconscious effect for the most part. Most people don't know the origins of any given name except maybe their own, but "unnatural" names (meaning names which sound completely made up and not part of a culture) stick out like a sore thumb. That's not even mentioning "prejudiced" names, or names which are associated with certain personality traits (usually because of novels, movies, or other works of fiction).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/doh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":doh:" title="doh :doh:" data-shortname=":doh:" />You really don't understand how names work, do you? Pretty much all names originated as words or a corruption of words in their given language. Rachel, for example, literally means Ewe, and when Hebrew parents first started naming their kids Rachel, they were naming them after a word they used. These days that practice has fallen out of disfavor (hence not naming your daughter Star, Cherry, etc.) but one can still create a new name if one uses another language, which sort of hides that. It isn't that I've met several Condoleezzas, it's that "fits" within the "sound" of a group. In this case, Italian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rion, post: 62152419, member: 166965"] I saw no mention of black names, but fair enough. My links link back to that study, which I said was flawed. I've never known anyone with that name. Tell me, what does the Ja mean? If I used the term foreign, it was poor choice on my part. While there are certainly idiots who think any non European name is strange (I once worked with a guy who thought Buddhists worshipped boots... no lie), I was meaning more that names which do not "sound" like they belong into any given group. It's an unconscious effect for the most part. Most people don't know the origins of any given name except maybe their own, but "unnatural" names (meaning names which sound completely made up and not part of a culture) stick out like a sore thumb. That's not even mentioning "prejudiced" names, or names which are associated with certain personality traits (usually because of novels, movies, or other works of fiction). :doh:You really don't understand how names work, do you? Pretty much all names originated as words or a corruption of words in their given language. Rachel, for example, literally means Ewe, and when Hebrew parents first started naming their kids Rachel, they were naming them after a word they used. These days that practice has fallen out of disfavor (hence not naming your daughter Star, Cherry, etc.) but one can still create a new name if one uses another language, which sort of hides that. It isn't that I've met several Condoleezzas, it's that "fits" within the "sound" of a group. In this case, Italian. [/QUOTE]
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