President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee has said that her parents picked “Ketanji” from a list of West African names supplied by a relative. But West Africans speak hundreds of languages spread out across many hundreds of miles. Can we get more specific?
Where Is the Name Ketanji From?
lexiconvalley.substack.com
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.
A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.Listen on
Substack App
RSS Feed
Appears in episode
John McWhorter
Where Is the Name Ketanji From?