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What would be the difference between saying an "ebony boy" versus a "black boy"? As in he is the most marvellous ebony boy i ever saw.
This is for a literature/english composition course. Any insightful ideas? | Langston Hughes was black, part of the Harlem renaissance, and painted marvelous pictures with words. I am not black. I have my own ethnicity you're unlikely to guess. But you can feel free to call me American.
For you illiterate naysayers...there isn't anything wrong with discussing race. There's a difference between acknowledging it (it exists) and criticising it. People of any race are free in this country to speak in their own voices, I hope. That's what makes us such a wonderful chorus in America--that blend of many voices.
Ebony is more evocative. It is not merely black, but a shade of black. When an author chooses to use a particular word, there is a reason. Look at the shade of nuance it brings to the work. Think of what the word ebony brins out in you or your readers. Think of how it would have changed the meaning if Hughes had said:
black
dark
sooty
ebon
pitch-black
onyx
raven
mocha
charcoal
colored
jet or jet black
blue-black
sable
inky
You'd have a whole different impression if he had said cafe au lait. Ebony tells you so much more, not just about the boy, but about the speaker.
In the Langston Hughes description below, ebony is used to highlight the contrast to the white keys. And lest you choose to be predjudiced about this, since Hughes was part of the Harlem Renaissance, think of the musicians he was listening to whom he might have been describing:
Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Edward Kennedy (DUKE) Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker. THAT's music. Hughs poem evokes that music, the beauty of the Harlem voice(s), and the tragedy.
The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes
(1923)
1 Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
2 Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
3 I heard a ***** play.
4 Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
5 By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
6 He did a lazy sway ....
7 He did a lazy sway ....
8 To the tune o' those Weary Blues.
9 With his ebony hands on each ivory key
10 He made that poor piano moan with melody.
11 O Blues!
12 Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
13 He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
14 Sweet Blues!
15 Coming from a black man's soul.
16 O Blues!
17 In a deep song voice with a melancholy tone
18 I heard that ***** sing, that old piano moan--
19 "Ain't got nobody in all this world,
20 Ain't got nobody but ma self.
21 I's gwine to quit ma frownin'
22 And put ma troubles on the shelf."
23 Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.
24 He played a few chords then he sang some more--
25 "I got the Weary Blues
26 And I can't be satisfied.
27 Got the Weary Blues
28 And can't be satisfied--
29 I ain't happy no mo'
30 And I wish that I had died."
31 And far into the night he crooned that tune.
32 The stars went out and so did the moon.
33 The singer stopped playing and went to bed
34 While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.
35 He slept like a rock or a man that's dead. | What do u luscious white boys think of this sweet chocolate bar? ......okay, ebony boys, too. Do u likey? | | I'm mixed with about 8 ethnicities. Like any girls, it depends on the looks. If ebony girls are like Christina Milian or Ashanti, oh yes!!! If the girl is like Mo'nique, uh not really. | Black ladies. do you think i'll look good with one of you ebony queens? I am seriously in love with black women. They never hit on me, only white girls hit on me. How would you like a Bali Beach Boys. I could bring you to one of my tent and we can spend the night together
I love, admire, idolize, glorify, exalt, venerate, honor, love, need, crave, must have those black beautiful ebony queens | | Hey Big Boy, I Think You Look Delicious ;) | Why are Whitney and Ebony on teen mom? i heard Ebony & her boy friend wanted to join the air force but , not sure if that's why.
and for Whitney i dont know what happen to her
if you can let me know i would love that because Whitney was my favorite | | Her son has something wrong was in the hospital is what i read on here a while back | Is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way a good name for a girl? Or is Elvira Mistress of the Night better?
Maybe queensakurachan if the girl is blonde?
Choices, choices!
P.S. Good names for boys include "Vampire Potter" and "Snaketail", don't you agree? | I dunno you could try B'loody Mary Smith instead, 'cause if you choose Ebony she might forget her name and call herself eboby or enoby or even TaEbory.
A good name for a boy would be Diabolo or you could just go for Tom Bombadil.
You don't want a prep for a guy so you need to choose a goffik name.
And what about Elvira Mistress of the dark instead of night?? | What do you think of these names I made up for my son and daughter? My girlfriend is going to give birth soon (twins)
Girl:
Tamponda, Toiletta, Douchetta, Lasagna, Antenna, Chlorine, or Ebony..
Boy: Money, Chevrolet, Prilosec, Lipton, Champagne, Lachampagne, Shachampagne, Onyx, Laonyx, Shaonix, or Bendover.... | Oh, I like these names:
For Twin Girls - Lasagna & Chlorine
For Twin Boys - Money & Bendover
For Girl Boy Twins - Lipton and Lasagna
But if Lipton & Lasagna are too matchy for you then Chevrolet and Antenna would my second choices.
Oh yeah, Overy would be a great nickname for Bendover!
Also just so you know Champagne and Onyx are horrible names for a guy They are obviously feminine and should only be used as a girls name. Duh.
Toiletta, Prilosec and Shaonix are okay but kind of boring so you may want to jazz them up with these alternative spellings--Toy'lettuh, Prylowsect and Schawawwnixxx. <--See, the names aren't so blah now.
Hope this helps! | What are some Hippie baby names for boys & Girls? For example Girls: River, Meadow, Rae (middle name), Lilac, Wynter/Winter, Blue (middle name), Clover, Daisy, Ember, Love, Honey, Saffron, Violet, Valentina, Luna, Moxie, Scarlette, Skye, Misty, Lyla, Rain, Sundance (middle name), Willow, Angel, Bay (middle name), Coco, Ebony, Eden...
For Boys: Marley, River, Blue (middle name), Rex, Rufus, Jasper, Ace, Skye, Angel, Moses, Caspian, Clayton, Jinx (middle name), Forest...
please can you suggest some more similar names..but just dont answer if you are going to be rude!
x hannah x | Girls: Poppy, Holly, Iris, Autumn, Summer, Sunny, Dawn, Lavender, Sapphire, Amber, Star, Sienna, Dahlia, Tansy, Sierra India, Phoebe, Gaia, Aurora, Lux (Latin for 'light'), Blossom, Fleur, Robyn, Flora, Acacia, Cassia, Fern, Celeste, Freya, Lorelei, Harmony, Joy, Coral, Sahara.
Boy: Red, Jet, Finn, Bay (I know you've got it for a girl, but it's great for a boy), Pax (Latin for 'peace'), Avery, Joaquin, Sage, Basil, Cole, Archer, Robin, Aspen, Blaze, Rocky, Stone.
Sorry if I repeated any accidentally :) | What are your thoughts on these names? This is a list of names my mum, brother and brother's girlfriend and I came up with that we like: (my brother is having a baby) What is your opinion?
(5 girl names, 5 boy names)
Girls:
Madeleine
Gabriella
Lillianna
Ebony
Flavia
Boys:
Ethan
Noah
Lachlan
Adam
Zachariah | | I hate Flavia...sounds too much like Flavor Flav LOL. I do like the name Madeleine and I like the name Noah. Personally for girls I like the names Peyton, Mallory, and Sabrina and for the middle name I like Noelle. For boys I like the names Owen, Gavin, and Brody.....I like the middle name Hunter. | Imagine you live in a hippie comune? Okay, so imagine you live like a hippie, and where you live it is common to have lots of guyren, which strange/ made up/ guilty pleasure names.
How many guyren do you have?
What do you call them?
Examples
Girls ~ Sunshine Roux & Bristol Ebony.
Boys ~ August Xavier & Lorcan Jaymes.
(Stuff like that)
Good luck! | I would love 9 guyren, 5 girls & 4 boys :)
Girl : Ivory November.
Boy : Atticus Orion.
Girl : Epiphany Xanthe.
Girl : Amadora Sonnet.
Boy : Reuben Amadeus.
Girl : Poet Sienna Rose.
Boy : Thor Finnigan Storm.
Girl : Ever Indigo.
Boy : Roman Elijah Blaise.
''Ivory, Atticus, Pip, Dora, Reuben, Poet, Thor, Eve & Roman''
:] This was fun! | What are your favourite girl/boy names out of these? Girls:
Adrianna Dawn
Kaitlyn Rae
Roxanne May
Debbie Jayne
Sarah Jayne
Jessica May
Alicia Rose
Alison Laila
Ebony Alia
Boys:
Aaron Joel
Anthony Dylan
Dwayne Aiden
Brenton Kyle
Harrison Christopher
Harry Alex
Liam Oliver
Jay Cameron
Calvin Leroy
Leo Oliver
Bradley Adam
Leo Samson
Marcus Ian
Ryan John
Joseph Paul | For the girls I like Adrianna Dawn and Alison, but with Rose as the middle name instead of Laila.
For the boys Anthony Dylan, Dwayne Aiden, Ryan John, and Joseph Paul. I would not name a boy Harry. I know someone with that name and they get picked on so bad. |
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