Lankan Names: Alluring Yet Long
Sri Lanka, Jan. 16 -- Sometimes, I like to replay a scene from Dr. No in my mind. The clock shows three in the morning. Smoke swirls about the casino tables and luck evades a lady in red at the baccarat table.
"I need another thousand," she calls, and a man from the casino leans over to collect the cheque she writes.
From across the table, she hears: "I admire your courage, Miss . uh?"
"Trench, Sylvia Trench."
"I admire your luck, Mr. .?"
"Samarasena, Jasenthu Kankanamge Charith Akalanka Samarasena."
In the unlikely event that James Bond will one day be played by a Sri Lankan, that scene would be the first one to be edited out. A typical Sri Lankan name is a thing of great length, unpronounceable sounds and bewildering origins; a li...
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