The giving of nicknames

The giving of nicknames

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

People give each other nicknames. For example Soppie (or Hendrick) was so called (by Andries, or !kaogen-≠kakken) because he poured soup down himself.

1) This story is found in Book VIII-32

story

November 1879

Custom and daily life

History (personal)

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)

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