The black guy's name is "Brown"?
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:17,
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It's a common surname,
and especially for black families, in the US. It did indeed often originate from skin-colour (when attached to African-Americans). So having a black character called Brown is both realistic and a bit stereotyped at the same time.
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What if they're not from Africa or American?
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:34,
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Then it's Ambrose
And you're only allowed to work as a gentlemens hairdresser in Peckham.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:43,
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In that case
it's most likely been your family name for a long long time and one of your ancestors was noted for their brown hair. Either that, or in the US, it's often an Anglicisation of the German 'Braun'.
Glad to be of help.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 15:56, Reply)
I bet you're a wow with the ladies.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:02,
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They can't get enough of me
down at the Philological Society tea parties
(, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:05, Reply)
"Philology"-
Has there ever been anyone who wasn't american that studied that?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 16:11,
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