I say ‘her mother’ because she
tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to lure her daughter
away from us, eventually giving in only when we assured
her that it was ok, and I could sense that London had a
special place in her heart.
Turns out that this is not the only little
girl called London in this world, and it not unusual for
a certain breed of rich celeb to name their children after
places.
For example;
Desperate Housewives actor Neal McDonough named his baby
London, Quincy Jones has a daughter named Kenya, Alec Baldwin
named his daughter Ireland and Alicia Keys’ son is
Egypt.
But these are super rich celebs who can
afford to travel to exotic places.
What if this thing caught on in Cape Town amongst the masses
who cannot afford to travel so extensively?
Most of them have never even set foot out of the Western
Cape.
But that won’t stop them when the
gees takes over.
I mean, a few years ago, when The Bold and The Beautiful
was all the rage, there were hundreds of little boys called
Ridge and Storm running wild in Mitchells Plain.
Soon we could have sturvy coloreds naming
their children Ottery, Lansdowne, Penlyn and Pinati.
Even the whiteys may get in on the act and then we will
have little Rosebanks and Fresnayes playing in parks.
But wait, the Northern Suburbs are all the
rage now, producing their own breed of celeb.
Surely it won’t be long before Jack Parow names his
son Belville?
Die Antwoord’s Ninja of course, being who he is, won’t
settle for local places. He will name his son Interweb,
and his daughter will probably be Overseas.
The Indians could go for names like Cravenby
and Pelican
But is it on the Cape Flats that the craze
could really take off.
Tafelsig, Slangkop, Kalksteen, Valhalla, Kierie, Bonties
and Armerican all spring to mind. The girls would be Eastridge,
Westridge, Merrydale and Portlands.
Blacks of course will not fall prey to this
fad.
They name places after their children.
