03-23-2017, 01:17 AM
(03-23-2017, 12:06 AM)Navy Maven link Wrote:In Aboriginal culture, once a family member has passed they generally don't say that name again. So if Mary passes away and were to come up in conversation she would be referred to as Margaret's Sister, or Bob's Aunty etc.
It depends on where you are. Many Woiwurrung/Wurundjeri women are named Jemima after a particularly strong ancestor and cross-generational use of given names is common among Victorian Aboriginal families. There's still an avoidance of referring to a deceased person by name, at least for a few years and terms like "that old fella", "brother boy" and "sister girl" are used.
In some places where traditional names are used, people are given an Anglo name because that can continue to be used when a shared traditional name must change due to a death. I met a bloke whose "Anglo" name was Musso, short for Mussolini. He was born in the late 30s and his brother's "Anglo" name was Hitler!
If SPS wants to be called Sammo out of respect for his grandfather, then Sammo it is!
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