What does Athing Mu's name mean?

CountM wrote:

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It means her parents are from Sudan.

The wankers from NBC were pronouncing “Mu” as “Mo.” Who knows if they were correct, but if they were, then it’s not a Chinese surname.

Anglo-Egyptian rule for many years would tip me toward using the UK offering

It doesn't mean athing.

Knacker wrote:

It doesn't mean athing.

If you don't got that swing.

It's pronounced "moe" and I think they were saying it right.

interwebs sayeth wrote:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/mu

CountM wrote:

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What does "Steve" mean, or "Robert" or "Jennifer"? What an insanely ethnocentric and idiotic question. Why are Americans so stupid?

Bonus knowledge.

The "A" in Athing is pronounced like the A in apple, not like the "A" in Above or Amen.

Her last name is pronounced like Mo in Mo Farah, not like the sound a cow makes.

And stop saying that "She speaks so well" or or "She is so articulate" or other racist a$$ crap that you people say.

It is Swahili for "I am faster than men on running message boards".

Nonsense! wrote:

CountM wrote:

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What does "Steve" mean, or "Robert" or "Jennifer"? What an insanely ethnocentric and idiotic question. Why are Americans so stupid?

Bonus knowledge.

The "A" in Athing is pronounced like the A in apple, not like the "A" in Above or Amen.

Her last name is pronounced like Mo in Mo Farah, not like the sound a cow makes.

And stop saying that "She speaks so well" or or "She is so articulate" or other racist a$$ crap that you people say.

I have an interest in the derivation of names. Coopers were barrel makers for instance. Smiths were from a variety of fields such as blacksmiths. Nothing inherently wrong with wanting to know the derivation of a name.

Many names in Western civ have Biblical references or beginnings.

The articulate part is cringey thought as she was born in NJ although I will say she speaks better than a lot of folks from Jersey I have met :) Although in defense of the OP, that was not said.

That was a bonus to the bonus and not directed at the OP. The commentators say it all the time. I've never heard them say Jenny Simpson or Shelby Houlihan, or any white person speaks so articulate. Ever!

Nonsense! wrote:

CountM wrote:

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What does "Steve" mean, or "Robert" or "Jennifer"? What an insanely ethnocentric and idiotic question. Why are Americans so stupid?

Bonus knowledge.

The "A" in Athing is pronounced like the A in apple, not like the "A" in Above or Amen.

Her last name is pronounced like Mo in Mo Farah, not like the sound a cow makes.

And stop saying that "She speaks so well" or or "She is so articulate" or other racist a$$ crap that you people say.

Steven is of Greek origin. It means Crown.

Robert is an old German name that means “bright fame.” It's taken from the old German name Hrodebert. The name is made up of two elements: “Hrod” which means fame and “Beraht” which means bright.

Jennifer may mean "the fair one" (from Proto-Celtic “Windo-seibrā”). A Cornish form, it is cognate with the Welsh form Gwenhwyfar and with the Old Irish Findabair.

Oh look, it's a Google U graduate.

You acted like you didn't know. I was just trying to help. You didn't have to be so snarky. You could have just said thanks or nothing at all.

HappyJack wrote:

You acted like you didn't know. I was just trying to help. You didn't have to be so snarky. You could have just said thanks or nothing at all.

I always appreciate insightful answers from people with personal knowledge of a subject, I only get "snarky" when people offer a Google copy and paste as their source of information. But thanks anyway.

Nonsense! wrote:

HappyJack wrote:

You acted like you didn't know. I was just trying to help. You didn't have to be so snarky. You could have just said thanks or nothing at all.

I always appreciate insightful answers from people with personal knowledge of a subject, I only get "snarky" when people offer a Google copy and paste as their source of information. But thanks anyway.

Ok that's fine. Now you've have me wondering how many people have personal knowledge of the meaning of names? How did they obtain this knowledge? By research perhaps?

That's what I do when wanting to learn something. How do you learn? Serious question.

No it's not swahili...all I suspect she must be from Jieng people (Dinka tribe) in Sudan!

Jieng is plural if you wanna say one them, you would say Muonyjang.

They are the tallest people you will ever meet on earth!

There are many sudanese who visit this website frequently they might help you with the whole name! It's not a stupid question! Many of us in Africa have a name that means something!

Godspeed ;)