Ledasha redux

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Laura Wattenberg of The Baby Name Wizard has a three-part blog post on a
topic we've discussed in the past: how "many familiar 'urban legend' names
[e.g., "Ledasha" spelled "Le-a"] serve as proxies for talking about race."

http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-one
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-two
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-three-of-three


--Ben Zimmer

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