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Help[Opinions] Re: WDYTO Darius?
in reply to a message by number1212
I've only ever heard it once IRL, on a Springbok rugby player from the 1980s who died this year aged 62. This means that in his playing days, all sporting activities here in South Africa were strictly segregated according to "race" and colour! This Darius was also a church minister in the largest of the three Afrikaans Calvinist churches. Not many links to African-Americans there, but presumably the biblical story of Daniel raises people's awareness of the name.
Pronunciation here is obviously based on Afrikaans: DAHreeiss is close. I can't imagine people here saying DAREeeiss.
I quite like the name, though not enough to use. Much better than Darius Botha's younger brother's name! He was also a rugby Springbok, one of the most talented players of all time though not good for the game because of his skill at kicking the game to death. He was and is always known as Naas (NAHS), though his given name is Ignatius, which sounds like iCH-NAH-see-iss), with the CH being more guttural than the 'ch as in Scottish loch' definition.
Pronunciation here is obviously based on Afrikaans: DAHreeiss is close. I can't imagine people here saying DAREeeiss.
I quite like the name, though not enough to use. Much better than Darius Botha's younger brother's name! He was also a rugby Springbok, one of the most talented players of all time though not good for the game because of his skill at kicking the game to death. He was and is always known as Naas (NAHS), though his given name is Ignatius, which sounds like iCH-NAH-see-iss), with the CH being more guttural than the 'ch as in Scottish loch' definition.
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