Comments on: Cuba by a Cuban in Cuba and what's up with those Y names. http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/ mami tries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Balou http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Balou Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:54:00 +0000 http://bilingualintheboonies.com/content/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/#comment-665 I personally have known a Yadelkis, Yaneisy, Yanin, and Yalornia. The way it was explained to me (from Yalornia, via her mom) is that the government encouraged women to give their babies "Russian sounding" names and the "Y" names accomplished that while still being pronounceable in Spanish.<br/><br/>Also, in my niece's high school yearbok there are two brothers named Usnavy and Usmail. I personally have known a Yadelkis, Yaneisy, Yanin, and Yalornia. The way it was explained to me (from Yalornia, via her mom) is that the government encouraged women to give their babies “Russian sounding” names and the “Y” names accomplished that while still being pronounceable in Spanish.

Also, in my niece’s high school yearbok there are two brothers named Usnavy and Usmail.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:34:00 +0000 http://bilingualintheboonies.com/content/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/#comment-664 Love your blog..."Generation Y" got a write up in the NYTimes this week, check it out (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/world/americas/06cuba.html)...<br/><br/>I'm Dominican and I definitely remember the really ghetto names like Suhel and Suheidy...in school we always had at least one suhel or suheidi, and they all looked the same to me, lol, they were like a different species, maybe I shouldn't say that...and the h in suhel and suheidi are pronounced like the j in javier, btw...Oh, other ghetto names for your collection, taken from my Dominican and American childhood: Yulissa, Yaneira, Dabeiba, Madein (like "made in", pronounced with an accent on the "i"), Janeydy, oh so many... Love your blog…”Generation Y” got a write up in the NYTimes this week, check it out (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/world/americas/06cuba.html)…

I’m Dominican and I definitely remember the really ghetto names like Suhel and Suheidy…in school we always had at least one suhel or suheidi, and they all looked the same to me, lol, they were like a different species, maybe I shouldn’t say that…and the h in suhel and suheidi are pronounced like the j in javier, btw…Oh, other ghetto names for your collection, taken from my Dominican and American childhood: Yulissa, Yaneira, Dabeiba, Madein (like “made in”, pronounced with an accent on the “i”), Janeydy, oh so many…

]]> By: Lilian http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Lilian Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:18:00 +0000 http://bilingualintheboonies.com/content/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/#comment-663 That sounds like a wonderful blog, I hope it's real too. I do know other people (not Cubans, but Puerto Ricans), with interesting Y names(to my Brazilian ears -- and in spite of the fact that I KNOW how to pronounce the Y in Spanish, the names do sound ridiculous with the American y sound): Yomarie, Yadira, Yalice, Yumera (my son's classmate). <br/><br/>I guess it's probably not only a Cuban thing... but a Hispanic-Caribbean trait (?)... That sounds like a wonderful blog, I hope it’s real too. I do know other people (not Cubans, but Puerto Ricans), with interesting Y names(to my Brazilian ears — and in spite of the fact that I KNOW how to pronounce the Y in Spanish, the names do sound ridiculous with the American y sound): Yomarie, Yadira, Yalice, Yumera (my son’s classmate).

I guess it’s probably not only a Cuban thing… but a Hispanic-Caribbean trait (?)…

]]> By: Mirtha http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Mirtha Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:38:00 +0000 http://bilingualintheboonies.com/content/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/#comment-662 Mi sobrina, sabia que un dia ibas a escribir sobre lo que Amanda te estaba contando. Como te reiste!!!!<br/>Como nos reimos todos. Mi sobrina, sabia que un dia ibas a escribir sobre lo que Amanda te estaba contando. Como te reiste!!!!
Como nos reimos todos.

]]> By: Chantel http://bilingualintheboonies.com/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Chantel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:23:00 +0000 http://bilingualintheboonies.com/content/2008/03/04/cuba-by-a-cuban-in-cuba-and-whats-up-with-those-y-names/#comment-661 Ay Dios mio, those Y names! When I was teaching in Miami I couldn't keep them straight. I taught a Yusily (You Silly everyone called her) and a Yumay ("Yumay be seated" after the Pledge of Allegiance was a daily joke). <br/><br/>Did you ever consider a Y name for Maria? Something like Yamarialexy? Ay Dios mio, those Y names! When I was teaching in Miami I couldn’t keep them straight. I taught a Yusily (You Silly everyone called her) and a Yumay (“Yumay be seated” after the Pledge of Allegiance was a daily joke).

Did you ever consider a Y name for Maria? Something like Yamarialexy?

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