When I was in High School there was two of us with ALONZO as a first name and we both shared the same nick name LONNIE. We had a lot of fun with the mistaken identity. Someone would yell out HEY LONNIE and I might turn around and hear the caller say NO --THE BLACK ONE. A couple of times I have checked in at a hotel and have the desk clerk really give me the once over, particularly at southern hotels. I am a junior and my father had similar experience.
When I was in High School there was two of us with ALONZO as a first name and we both shared the same nick name LONNIE. We had a lot of fun with the mistaken identity. Someone would yell out HEY LONNIE and I might turn around and hear the caller say NO --THE BLACK ONE. A couple of times I have checked in at a hotel and have the desk clerk really give me the once over, particularly at southern hotels. I am a junior and my father had similar experience.
Well, Alonzo, the only guys I have known personally with Alonzo were of Spanish descent. My name comes from my American Indian heritage where one American Indian great great uncle married a freedwoman of African descent. Her slave name is unknown but she decided to be known as Fayetta after she was granted freedom. It was also from another distant relative Fayette that was John Franklin "Rooster" Cogburn's cousin. My parents blended it together for Faetta. I thought it was unique until I found out it is not uncommon with that spelling among dark-skinned American women. A few years ago I received a message from a dark-skinned woman named Faetta. She wondered why I had a "Black" name being so pale-skinned. It was amazing she was also part American Indian and lived in the same area my great great uncle did. We weren't related that we could trace, but it was interesting.