What’s In A Name ?

Lets just get to the issues 

Names. Everybody has one, most people have a vague idea what their own means, but few give them much more thought.

The study of names is called onomastics, a field which touches on linguistics, history, anthropology, pyschology, sociology, philology and much more. When people refer to the “meaning of a name”, they are most likely referring to the etymology, which is the original literal meaning.

 

Seems the far left wing of the Democratic party is out of control over some Republicans and some not so far left wing Democrats using Obama’s middle name.  In case you didn’t know this by now, his name is Barack Hussein Obama. So lets break this down just a bit.

v BARACK

Gender: Masculine Usage: Biblical, Jewish Other Scripts: ????? (Hebrew) Pronounced: BER-ak   [key] Means “lightning” in Hebrew. This was the name of a military commander in the Old Testament.

·         HUSSEIN

Gender: Masculine Usage: Arabic Other Scripts: ???? (Arabic)Variant transcription of HUSAYN

¨       HUSAYN

Gender: Masculine Usage: Arabic Other Scripts: ???? (Arabic)Pet form of HASAN. Husayn ibn Ali (also called Al-Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Hasan was his older brother. The massacre of Husayn and his family caused the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan.

Ø  HASAN

Gender: Masculine Usage: Arabic Other Scripts: ??? (Arabic)Means “handsome”, derived from Arabic ??? (hasuna) “to be beautiful, to be good”. Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shiite Muslims.

So, to my friends (left and right) and not so friendly left wing Democrats. GET OVER IT.  Everyone has a name, when I was a young child, I was called by my full name all the time! For the record, its Deborah Jane. In the South, its just polite. Lots of folks can recall their parents calling them by their full name when they were in “trouble”. For what ever reason, we were all (or mostly all) blessed to be given three names. First, Middle, Last.  If being called by his full, proper name is a problem for Mr. Obama, maybe there’s more than meets the eye. 

Would it be a “vast right wing conspiracy to call Mrs. Clinton, Hillary Diane Rhodam Clinton?  Perhaps, the far lefties would be happier if the Republicans referred to their candidates as John Sidney McCain, III or Michael Dale Huckabee.

Its all in a name. Its not about inciting fear. Its about calling a horse a horse. Don’t tout your ethnic pride unless you’re proud of it. If you don’t like the conotation your name has, explain it. Don’t hide from it. Be proud of who and what you are. Don’t blame another person for bringing it to light.

Just my opinion. What’s yours?

For the record, I am not espousing hatred, violence, ill will or anything of the like. I am stating an opinion. Period. I am at present an independant voter. That means that I have NO party affiliation. Any implication that I do otherwise is purely misunderstood.

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