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Darko.
Just worked with a Director of Photography named Darko. I'd never heard the name before, but I think it's really cool. WDYT?
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Sounds like a villain.
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The name is Croatian. It has something to it.
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I have come across someone with this name before. For some reason I think it is Yugoslavian or something like that?? I think it also might be a shortened form. Sorry, I'm not much help but I have heard/seen it before.
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Like...the movie?I've never seen it, but my mind immediately jumps to Donnie Darko.It has a neat sound, but the next thing I think of is "darkies," aka black people. You know how commies are pinkos? It's like pinkos and darkies combined. :( I don't think I'd ever want to consider it myself.Array

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Darkies?!I've never heard that expression. Nasty. NO offense meant, but it sounds like an American-made expression and I hope I never hear it in conversation.
Also, don't know the movie, but the man I met who beheld the name was lovely, so the name has only good assoc. for me.
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I know--it's considered /very/ offensive.It's also not used nowadays--and it's certainly not one I'd ever say. I hope I haven't given the impression that I condone it in any way, because I don't.Wikipedia's definition, for your perusal:
Darkie or darky
(U.S. and elsewhere) a derogatory term for a black person; also a racist, iconic caricature with inky-black skin, googly eyes and exaggerated red, pink or white lips; a celebrated example of its use was in a popular song of 1928 entitled "Mississippi Mud," performed by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and sung by the "Rhythm Boys," whose members included Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer. See also Blackface.Go and read Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, though. They have a minstrel show one winter in which people of the town (including her Pa) dress up as darkies (her wording) and sing and dance. It's a word with history, and I think it's a legitimate association to have with the name Darko (if not a pleasant one), which is why I brought it up.Array

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Ditto, made me think of the movie too
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I thought of the movie too and it isn't a good association
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I can't say that I like it. I mean it could be worse, but I still don't like it. It has the same feel as Drake and I dislike this name as well.Kristen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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