A New Potential Crossword Entry Is Born!
Overheard on the subway, mere moments ago, from a professionally dressed black woman, to her friend:
"Did you hear they named the baby? They called her Zuri. No, I don't know what it means, she hasn't told me yet. But I can live with that. Zuri's way better. You know what they were gonna call her? Nznga. En-ZING-A. she told me it means 'African princess,' and I said, 'You do know she's American, right?' She just wanted something with Swahili. So it's Zuri now. I'm happy for her. That's a name I can actually spell.'
"Did you hear they named the baby? They called her Zuri. No, I don't know what it means, she hasn't told me yet. But I can live with that. Zuri's way better. You know what they were gonna call her? Nznga. En-ZING-A. she told me it means 'African princess,' and I said, 'You do know she's American, right?' She just wanted something with Swahili. So it's Zuri now. I'm happy for her. That's a name I can actually spell.'
Labels: Dave Update
posted by Cowboy Dave Dickerson | 8:12 AM
2 Comments:
What a shame, I would have loved to have had a Nznga in my class in eighteen years. ;{)}
Tomorrow night is the Big Quiz Thing and I haven't heard from you yet and I can't find your e-mail address. My friend Eddie and I are going but we need you!
Oops, that was Jeffurry, of course.
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