I love what you've had to say. My name is Abigail and as a child I hated it and children made fun of it. I used Gail for years but now I proudly go by my real name. I too wear it with honor as it belonged to my maternal grandmother and g-grandmother and also a very brave woman in the bible who ended up being one of King David's wives. Thank you for sharing. Abigail ----- Original Message ----- From: <Faybinator@aol.com> To: <almarion@rootsweb.com>; <elizabeth.cafego@WCAA.us>; <gomeznmorticia@comcast.net>; <wvogen@comcast.net>; <vonaline@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [ALMARION] Fw: Voices > How often have you seen in print an old name that has fallen by the wayside? > > I just finished reading "Thirteen Moons" by Charles Frazier, he also wrote > "Cold Mountain". The story is about an old man telling how he grew up and his > relationship with the Cherokee in the Carolinas. Without going into all the > details, he learned to speak the language; enabling him to trade with them. > > It's a good story. Reading along I came across two names that caused me to > stop and ponder,how could these names have left such an impression that they > were not only used; but passed along to other generations? The names were > "Lawan and Utana. > > My mother, Lottie Belle (Clement) Cox; named my sister LaJuana and me > Manona. We considered these names a burden upon us. Our mother always told us if > we had a girl we must name her Utanah.....she pronounced it "You-tanah. (Fat > chance with the names we had to admit to on the first day of school!) > When I asked about the origin of these names, Mom told us they were just > some old names. > > How amazing. I shall carry my name with honor. > > > > > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >