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Subject: Tortilla as a female name
Author: Array   (Authenticated as WeloveyouJesseLacey)
Date: April 2, 2007 at 2:19:25 PM
In the film Rue Cases Nègres (English title Sugar Cane Alley), one of the primary female characters is a girl named Tortilla.

As someone who isn't used to hearing "Tortilla" outside the context of Mexican food, I found her name very interesting. I was wondering what the origin of Tortilla as a female given name is. The character Tortilla in question is a poor black girl in 1930s Martinique.

Array



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