Years ago in northern California a white couple hired a black cleaning woman, and asked her how she she would like to be addressed. She said ” bah ma ‘nitials”, or “by my initials”. They didn’t understand her, but rather than ask what she was saying they called her “Bamanishuls”, and did so for 20 years.
I can just imagine this black lady telling the story to her friends, and getting a big laugh. Crazy white folks and their curious ways.
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