A COLLECTION of the strange names given to negro children in the United States has beea Dr. A. P. Hudson, etymologist.
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Other strange names weze:—hilthy M'Nasty, Big Apple, Sunday May the Ninth, Dollar an Methodist Conference South.
Many Negroes favour biblical names. Among these were:—"I will arise and go unto my father Smith" and n ti shalt thou walk around Jericho." The lotte: was called Thous for short.
Dr. Hudson states in his survey that he found that special talent often shown for naming twins. He mentions the following pairs of names—Bootjack and Nicknack, and Gasoline and Kerosene.
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