Re: Family Names

Upon hearing one of these creole names, it seemed like you'd received some kind of medeival salutation or a tribal recitation of genealogy.
Sometimes, The Beast would eventually get to my name, think it was wrong, say another name or two, then (about half the time) come back to my name. The resultant effect was something like this:
"Haro-, Ben-Jake [pause] Anna-Ben-Jake!"
In fact, as our mother ages, these salutations have taken on an inquisitory tone, ending often with, "...Tyler?"