Hello blogfam, how are you all doing? Few things happened over a short space of time, hence why i haven't posted in few days. We take for granted God's mercy over our lives at times, I want to thank God almighty for the gift of life and he's forever praised.
Now then to the topic of the day. Most of us know children are one of the most beautiful things ever, i absolutely adore them. I would like to give birth to 10 if possible (Amazeballs, Lol) or better still a football team but great funds will be needed, and you will want to give them the best of the best. If you would agree with me on that one.
That's not the issue, what amuse and kind of amaze me most is when i hear or see some African parents who name their children names they cannot pronounce. Please and please for the love of God, Don't. The child begins to say the name in a way you have taught them to say it. For instance, Forchune instead of Fortune or Kelechee instead of Kelechi and i know as Africans our enunciation does not help us at all sometimes, or names like Agbelebumi (MY CROSS), how do you expect the child to explain what it means in school or any where. I have one of the longest name ever, and the reaction i get when people see it or ask what it means and they are like, WOW. I don't regret it but I could have done better with some posh name (lol)
It's also important to know the meaning of some names before we use them. i would suggest we will look through some name books and website also these days, there are some websites with pronunciation option.
www.babynames.com, www.babynames.co.uk, www.babycenter.com. These are examples of website you can visit.
What do you think guys, let's get interactive, my thoughts and opinions. What would you name your children? Please don't not take it to heart as this a joke
Leave your opinions and comments below.
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1 comment:
That we are unable to pronounce our African names is a shame to our africaness. Our names are our identities that tell people whom we are, getting those 'posh' names will be fine only you've not given any example of such names. To me, Adedolapo is a fine name that no Yoruba will ask for its meaning.
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