Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which brings up a question about the kids's names. Depending on the country, they can opt for one, or the other, or both, or ... neither??? ;-) My kids are Franco-German and we've never been able to decide - they'll do it by themselves some day I guess, legislation (still?) permitting. Phx Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Just to add to John's excellent explanation: as we recently learned, > Lluis is 65 which means that he grew up during the Franco > dictatorship. Under Franco, it was forbidden to use the local > languages (Catalan, Gallego, Basque) in public, so most people used > Castillan (i.e. standard Spanish) version of their names. Recently, > Lluis has reverted to the original, Catalan, version of his name. As > he said in a recent post, he is a proud Catalan and happy to be able > to express this identity in a democratic Spain. > > And most Spanish (and Latin American) people have two surnames. For > example, my Puerto Rican wife's maiden name is Reyes Monta?ez. Reyes > from her father, Monta?ez from her mother. After we got married, she > dropped the Monta?ez so for the past 25 years she has been Reyes > Wajsman. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:01 PM, John Beeching wrote: > >> Dear Brian, >> >> Lluis lives in Catalunya a part of Spain where they speak Catalan as >> opposed >> to Castilian (Spanish). Lluis is his name in Catalan and Luis in >> Castilian. Both versions of Lluis are pronounced approximately the >> same. >> In Spain people have two surnames, one from their father and one >> from their >> mother; so, in Lluis' case Ripoll is his father's and Querol is his >> mother's. >> >> John >> >> 2008/11/6 Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> >>> I've been wondering about this for a while, but now that Se?or >>> Ripoll has >>> won both first and second place in the contest, I'm going to ask. >>> >>> Lluis, I would enjoy seeing an explanation of why you have written >>> your >>> name so many diferent ways. For a few years it was "Luis Ripoll" >>> and then it >>> was "Lluis Ripoll" and now it's "Lluis Ripoll Querol". Is "Querol" a >>> matronymic? Is "Lluis" a nickname? Is "Lluis" pronounced the same >>> as "Luis" >>> or does the "ll" combination have a "y" sound? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> John Beeching >> http://johnbeeching.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >