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ANSSaturday AfternoonHistorical Onomastics 75Chair: Michael Adams (IN U)Room: Carmel4:00 Iman Makeba Laversuch (U Cologne): From mulatto to multiracial: An historical onomastic examination of the ethnoraciallabels used by the U.S. Census Bureau to classify U.S. residents of African heritage4:30 Michael Adams (IN U): Assimilation of French-Canadian names into New England speech: Notes from a VermontcemeteryPlace Names: Toponymy Interest Group Roundtable Discussion 76Chair: Alan Rayburn (Alan Rayburn Res Associates)Room: CarmelTime: 5:00 - 6:00 PMExecutive Council MeetingRoom: CarmelTime: 6:00 - 7:00 PMSunday, 7 JanuaryMorningPopular Culture and Given Names 77Chair: Don L. F. Nilsen (AZ SU)Room: Carmel8:30 Cleveland Kent Evans (Bellevue U): From Jose Maria to Axel & Alondra: Hispanic popular culture & given names in theUnited StatesOnomastic Studies at and from the Academy 78Chair: Bruce Brown (Brigham Young U)Room: Carmel9:00 Cassidy Larsen (Brigham Young U), Jessica Scott (Brigham Young U), & James Wuehler (Brigham Young U): Americangiven name markers of decade of birth, geo-location, & gender: A comparison over the past century & a half9:30 Jonathan Decker (Brigham Young U), Michael Jenkins (Brigham Young U), Leslie E. Koenen (Brigham Young U), & ScottIrvine (Brigham Young U): Decade of birth, geo-location, & gender: A cross-cultural comparison of accuracy ofidentification for French, German, & Brazilian given names since 183510:00 Bruce Brown (Brigham Young U), Hooshang Farahnakian (Brigham Young U), Mary Farahnakian (Brigham Young U),David Gardner (Inst Study Lang & Culture), Deryle Lonsdale (Brigham Young U), & Matthew Spackman (Brigham YoungU): Dialectal effects in the pronunciation of Farsi given namesClosing SessionRoom: CarmelTime: 10:30 - 11:00 AM Cleveland Kent Evans (Bellevue U), PresidentPriscilla A. Ord (McDaniel C), Vice President 47/48