My pops named me after the dude who gave him his first shot when he came to this country. They became good friends 'til dude had to move to Jersey. It was an Italian cat. His name was Dominick.

At the time, the only people who had the name Dominique were females. ONLY females.

Fast forward 12 years. We move to Georgia, the Atlanta area. Dominique Wilkins is a god here. Noone seems to be able to SAY Dominick.

Some people I tell , no it's DAH-MiN-ick and while they make and EFFORT they can't/refuse to get it right. They'll say Dominick for about an hour, and be right back to Dominique even after I spelled
em out noting the differences.

I tell them the name has a special significance to me and my family.

So they call me 'nique for short, not out of spite but becuase thats how we do it here.

Sodas is Cokes
Tissue is Kleenex
Jamaiacans is JAR-maicans
and A-rabs is Arabs.

Unless someone has significant education I will never expect more, and neither should anybody else. I used to get heated bout that shit, but now it don't phase me.

I accept both names.

and that's the way I approach this issue.

who knew it was offensice?

I'll try not to use it, but it'll probrably slip out now and then.

i got a good friend with an Arab wife that says A-rabs. I bet he aint know it was offensive either.

I mean, WHO KNEW?


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