How did this name get approved?

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How did this name get approved?

8 years 10 months ago

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Muntu

Muntu is derogatory South African slang for a black person.
Found on www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZM.HTM

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Mac
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Re: How did this name get approved?

8 years 10 months ago

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But "muntu" just means a person?
However, "muntu" without the second "u" is derogatory.

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We have a similar sounding name for a Englishmen in the Scottish language

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had the exact same thought.

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Mac wrote: But "muntu" just means a person?
However, "muntu" without the second "u" is derogatory.

The only people I have heard use the term without the "u" are Rhodesians. Here in SA the word including the u always has had a derogatory meaning in the circles I frequented.

So lets name a horse the k word and justify it by saying it means non-believer. I think not. The outcry that followed Brian Wiids horse, I forget the name, on religious grounds is a barometer. This name should be changed.

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I have a friend i work with sometimes
His NAME IS MUNTU.
And yes hes black.
I guess if people want to make an issue they will.
Other than that they wont bother untill they can make an issue

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The word is harmless really. When Zulus and other similar dialects converse with each other they use the word " muntu " to refer to another person of their own kind.

However they will not refer to a person of another race as a " muntu ".It is common when we converse with an African to use the word "muntu " when enquiring whether someone named Robert or Nelson or Desmond is African?. :whistle:

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