Comments on: Why do Afrikaans speakers make up such awful names?

By: hk

hk — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:46:17 +0000

My favorite is DeJesus for Portugalese, how about that, or rather the best african names that seem to very popular and accurate includes: Rufus…like in the dog, “hey Rufus, come boy” or Ubu who can ever forget the classic “sit Ubu sit” then of course Election, Justice, Joyous, Freedom, Condom and January February and so on all the calender months, and surely the best that takes the cake is non other than Balkas Seekoei Olifant Koi that translated means Ball Bag Hippopotamus Eliphant and Koi Fish now that is a very accurate description of the african class if ever there was one.

By: Blip

Blip — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:13:26 +0000

Gonville A. ffrench-Beytagh was a white clergyman who featured on the periphery of one of Mandela’s trials in the early 60s.

And yes, it’s “ffrench”. With a small letter in the front.

Something vaguely Hannibal Lecterish about that name. fffava beans and chianti?

By: Franz Dullart

Franz Dullart — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:19:24 +0000

See my collection here:
http://vuurklip.net/nuwename.php

By: Phillipa Lipinski

Phillipa Lipinski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:20 +0000

Henri: Why are you so angry. And who said that Afrikaners are “simple-minded” beings? Nobody said that, only that some of them have such tacky, silly, funny and over-the-top names. On the one hand it shows that Afrikaners are very creative but essentially they (especiall working-class Afrikaners) name their children funny! Oh, and some of the music by Afrikaans pop singers really hurts my ears.

By: Phillipa Lipinski

Phillipa Lipinski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:26 +0000

Sure, because Mozart’s name is Wolfgang, that name may be considered to have some, I don’t know, Avant Garde quality but it is just such a terrible name. I know that Zille likes Beethoven (possibly her father liked the musician). Who doesn’t admire Mozart, Beethoven or Stravinsky? That doesn’t mean you should go off and name your child Igor! Really now.

By: Phillipa Lipinski

Phillipa Lipinski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:15:33 +0000

Jeff: Phillipa is probably the best name in the world, next to Katia (my three-year-old).
Jeff, on the other hand is not too bad but your parents could have done better. I know someone whose first name was Jeffrey, but he prefered to go by his middle name, George-which is worse, unless you have fantasies of becoming a monarch or, (more realistically) a butler. But, better George than Jeff.

By: Henri

Henri — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000

No you haven’t Jeff, you make up sh!t like “Must say it seems strange that only female spouse takes hyphen” which is an absurd statement with no facts whatsoever!! SO, Jeff and sense, should never be used in the same sentence.

I actually have a great sense of humour and find hordes of afrikaans names funny, as stated, even my name is made up of combining two parents’ names, but to claim it’s only afrikaans people smacks of stupidity. Then people from other cultures, with hilarious names themselves butt in and make afrikaners out to be simple minded beings, meanwhile, their own culture and names are hilarious,

All I am saying is, stop focusing on “them” and pointing and laughing when you are so blinded with your blinkers on, that you don’t even realise your own culture and names are hilarious (and even stupid) to others too!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:29:54 +0000

@Henri,
Actually I’ve spoken sense all along, it’s just that you never got the message behind my words. Botha got it immediately.
There was a boy in my street back in Wales whose name was Philip Philips. Known to all as Phil-Phil. What were his parents thinking?
Sense of humour can be a funny(Ha Ha, or Uh oh!) thing. One person’s sense of humour can be very offensive to another person at many levels. Try making a joke or cartoon about Mohammed the muslim prophet and see how many laughs, or bombs come your way. As one Iranian cleric put it “There is no fun in Islam” and yet they are a laugh a minute to me with their ridiculous medieval ways.

By: Garg

Garg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:02:10 +0000

English humour is about taking the piss with other pepole. Afrikaans humour is about taking the piss with yourself. This is why Nataniel is so popular – and was popular even during the 80s – we didn’t know he’s for real!

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