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Old Sep 15, 2020 | 8:05 am
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Originally Posted by travelinmanS
My all time favorite for these kinds of names was a Malaysian Chinese guy I did business with many years ago named Harry Kok. Definitely a name card I didn't want to lose.
Not Chinese, but a not totally uncommon name, which in Afrikaans is perfectly normal but always triggers a few laughs from the English speakers is Sakkie (pronounced sucky) de Kok.
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