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So, one day this teacher I know was calling around about kids who might potentially join our school. She had a list of people, and one of the kids was a girl who had the name 'La-a.'
The teacher assumed the most obvious and when she called she pronounced the name sort of like Lea. She immediately got a retort from the mother stating that the dash wasn't silent, and her child's name was infact pronounced 'Ladasha.'
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The teacher assumed the most obvious and when she called she pronounced the name sort of like Lea. She immediately got a retort from the mother stating that the dash wasn't silent, and her child's name was infact pronounced 'Ladasha.'
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This is a long running and much disputed urban legend. I'm not sure I believe it but I also wouldn't be surprised. I have personally encountered a La'Sparkle, Latrina, Jolicious, Dehazard, and countless others that I can't even remember. I worked at an apartment complex in a low-income area that was wrought with bad names - though there was a true gem tossed in here and there, it's where I met my first real Allegra :)
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I know a LaDasha
I know a girl named LaDasha but I think "La-a" is an urban legend
I know a girl named LaDasha but I think "La-a" is an urban legend
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Urban Legend?
Urban legend? I have encountered someone bearing this.
- Francesca
- Francesca
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 6:24 PM
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Oh, dear. I'm seriously sorry. I had no idea it was an urban legend or even a racist thing. And my mom honestly thought this was real too. ;-; Really, so sorry. Now I'm super embarrassed.
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 5:48 PM
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Nah, it's fine, really.
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Glad you posted this!
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ditto
:-)
:-)
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no big deal
I think a ton of people either post an urban legend they heard or a list of the Duggars when they're new here.
But yeah, a lot of these stories tend to be racist (though it seems a lot of people don't automatically realize it). Read up on them here:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp
I think a ton of people either post an urban legend they heard or a list of the Duggars when they're new here.
But yeah, a lot of these stories tend to be racist (though it seems a lot of people don't automatically realize it). Read up on them here:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 6:02 PM
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Well, I'm glad I'm forgiven. Thanks. XP;
What's really goofy is that the teacher in question is black! I'm sure she must have known about this and set us up.
What's really goofy is that the teacher in question is black! I'm sure she must have known about this and set us up.
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 6:08 PM
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hooray for racist urban legends
I bet she also had a student named Shithead, pronouned shi-TAYD. @@
I bet she also had a student named Shithead, pronouned shi-TAYD. @@
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I don't see how this is at all racist...
you're the one assuming the child/mother are African American. It never said that in the post.
you're the one assuming the child/mother are African American. It never said that in the post.
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The urban legend is racist. Lesley's version does not have the extra details that really make it racist, but that does not change the origin.
I'm not assuming anything.
I'm not assuming anything.
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Eh, I'm not sure I agree so much with your argument here. I mean, there's tons of stuff in this world which started unpleasantly and have become divorced from their unpleasant beginnings. I mean, someone was telling me the other day that loads of modern medical practices (chemo was one they listed, but I'm too lazy to check up on that) have their roots in or have been improved by Nazi medical experiments during WWII. Now, I don't buy that and I'm too lazy to do my research, but if we're using your argument I can rightfully stand here and say that because of its origin (which we're taking as true for the sake of the argument), chemo is nazi-ish. Which is stupid.
Unrelated and long winded, but basically, I call fallacy on your logic here.
That said, the original La-a story I heard did specify the race of the parent s as African-American. Because of the prevalence of the urban legend, I find LesleyDracken's story pretty hard to swallow - mainly because it's almost word for word the story I was told by someone else. Coincidence? Hmm... I just think it's another case of someone posting or talking about a kid called LaTrine or Unicycle. Stupid nmes do exist, but so do stupid urban myths.
Unrelated and long winded, but basically, I call fallacy on your logic here.
That said, the original La-a story I heard did specify the race of the parent s as African-American. Because of the prevalence of the urban legend, I find LesleyDracken's story pretty hard to swallow - mainly because it's almost word for word the story I was told by someone else. Coincidence? Hmm... I just think it's another case of someone posting or talking about a kid called LaTrine or Unicycle. Stupid nmes do exist, but so do stupid urban myths.
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What I meant is that Lesley didn't throw in bits like the ebonics ("The dash don't be silent") or the detail that the child lived in Detroit or wherever, as often gets thrown into the story.
And I basically said that because I didn't want Lesley to feel like I'm saying "Yes you are definitely being a racist for repeating this story". My aim with my "logic" was "This story is racist but I don't think Lesley is."
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-one
from this article:
I am not saying that telling the story of Le-a, or Lemonjello and Oranjello, or Male and Female (that's MAH-lay and feh-MAH-lay, of course) makes you a racist. People of every color and background repeat the stories because they're clever and amusing. What I am saying is that as a group, the legend names have a context and meaning we shouldn't ignore. Or to put it another way, I haven't mentioned a word about Ledasha's race, but didn't you draw assumptions about it? And aren't those assumptions a key part of the story?
(Did you seriously compare chemo with an urban legend.)
(Also I'm not the first person to call this story racist on this board, but I sure am the first person I've seen getting called out on it. w00p.)
And I basically said that because I didn't want Lesley to feel like I'm saying "Yes you are definitely being a racist for repeating this story". My aim with my "logic" was "This story is racist but I don't think Lesley is."
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-one
from this article:
I am not saying that telling the story of Le-a, or Lemonjello and Oranjello, or Male and Female (that's MAH-lay and feh-MAH-lay, of course) makes you a racist. People of every color and background repeat the stories because they're clever and amusing. What I am saying is that as a group, the legend names have a context and meaning we shouldn't ignore. Or to put it another way, I haven't mentioned a word about Ledasha's race, but didn't you draw assumptions about it? And aren't those assumptions a key part of the story?
(Did you seriously compare chemo with an urban legend.)
(Also I'm not the first person to call this story racist on this board, but I sure am the first person I've seen getting called out on it. w00p.)
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I see where youre coming from and I agree but I know a girl named LaDasha and she is African American so I dont think the name (the way it's pronounced" is racist.
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The story is though.
Actually the way Lesley told it, it's not as much so, but the original story still is.
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp
Actually the way Lesley told it, it's not as much so, but the original story still is.
http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 9:27 PM
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This is BtN, not Snopes. Were there also twins named Oranjello and Lemonjello?
This message was edited 2/15/2012, 5:42 PM
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No, the cannibals ate Oranjello and Lemonjello.
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