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Old 07-13-2008, 01:06 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Midoria View Post
Yes, I noticed that. I saw a dancer from Egypt named "Candi" once. I was just...confused. But I guess it makes total sense. For a Middle Eastern woman to take another Middle Eastern name would be like "Susan" taking "Sara" as a stage name.
I did once see an arab belly dancer on tv who had the unfortunate moniker of Pussy - poor thing! I guess it goes to show how much research needs to be done before choosing the name particulary in regards to slang.

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