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ghgghf i did NOT expect Timbo to be called stunning...it made me double take when i first read it (though it is a cute nick name). which name is related to Etienne, though- not Timbo?

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also, i should've said in the original post- Mary-Belle's name has a tragic origin. she's a former slave, and was renamed that by her previous slaveholder, presumably because he thought Mehriban was too foreign. there's no explanation as to why she kept it for decades afterwards, but i'm guessing it's because Mary-Belle was what so many knew her as, and/or her old name reminded her more of those painful memories than her new one. also idk if it was a common African American name, but it does sound like it'd have been a common Southern name.

This message was edited 10/17/2018, 4:56 AM