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Story: The giving of nicknames
The giving of nicknames
Title
The giving of nicknames
Collection
Summary
People give each other nicknames. For example Soppie (or Hendrick) was so called (by Andries, or !kaogen-≠kakken) because he poured soup down himself.
Comments
1) This story is found in Book VIII-32
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
November 1879
Categories
Custom and daily life, History (personal)
Keywords
names (Soppie or Hendrick) , names (Andries, or !kaogen-≠kakken) , names (accounting for the giving of nicknames) , names ('his Bushman name') , names (Dutch names) , names (|xam names) , names (of |xam) , nicknames (the giving of)
Story Pages
8808v
