Re: Town, Zaun, and Celtic Dun-

At 3:23:54 PM on Friday, August 21, 2009, andythewiros wrote:

> To tell the truth, I made up "Jawanda" out of thin air, I
> couldn't at that moment remember another actual
> African-American girl's name.

It actually does exist: a Jawanda King ran 24.11 in the
women's 200m at the USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field
Championships this summer.

The results lists from that event are a good source of such
names, by the way: <Ta'Janeece>, <Camesha>, <DeOna>,
<Shaquana>, <Danheisha>, <Laniece>, <Lamesha>, <Keyonnia>,
<Jalisha>, <Uniqua>, <Jeronda>, <Tralanda>, <Jerika>,
<Shanania>, <Myshauna>, <J'Quyra>, <Kawanna>, <Johniqua>,
... .

> I knew 'Lawanda' but I didn't want to make it sound like
> they all begin with 'La-', so I improvised.

The <La-> family is one of the largest one, at least on the
feminine side.

Brian