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Story: 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
