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#4020: Funny Names in Haiti (fwd)
From: archim <archim@globelsud.net>
May I add to the discussion on Haitian names? In no way am I being
disrespectful, but since names have always been a "thing" with me, I
offer the following:
A wonderful woman who used to work for us was called "Clothilde",
not at all an uncommon name. However, she announced to me one day that
her sister, "TIOTE" was coming from Cape Haitian for a visit and to
stay with her for a month when she delivered her baby. That was fine
with me. I did, however, ask her what the name "TIOTE" meant, or where
it came from. She told me that when her mother discovered that she had
just delivered another little baby girl, she said: "O Bondie, m-te
gegne une ti ot"! (Oh my God, I have another little one!")
Another good one was a waitress in the restaurant of a friend of
mine in Petion-Ville, whose name was "Chlorine". We always used to
chuckle a bit when we spoke of her, but she was a sweety. One day she
announced that her brother was arriving next week, and we mused that
maybe his name was "AJAX". (Forgive us for making fun!) The next week,
her brother arrived, and she introduced us to him: his name was
"COMET".
And then there was Bob and Janet Cope who had a baby boy and named
him "HORACE"! (But they were not Haitians!)