Alfredo,
Unfortunately, most documents in the U.S., including newspapers, social security cards, etc., omit the accents and tildes. I suspect that the New Mexico driver’s license of my friend Iván Ordóñez says “Ivan Ordonez”. I wonder whether the New York Times follows this tradition. Do you know, Tom?
Frank
Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz
Santa Fe, NM 87505
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From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Alfredo Covaleda Vélez
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Spelling of Spanish Surnames
Frank
The X in Ximena, for example sounds in sapnish like a J, wich is your h in hill, for example.
Don´t forget the rules of the tilde and the accents. For example Chávez and Chaves have the accent in the first syllable. The Spain in América Latina, in general, has lost difference between the s and the z, and for this reason Chávez and Chaves sound the same. Something similar occurs with González and Gonzales, Both have accent in the same syllable.
2014-02-23 20:36 GMT-05:00 Frank Wimberly <[hidden email]>:
Xavier and Xalapa come to mind. Both those “x”s are pronounced like “h”.
Frank
Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918
From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Arlo Barnes
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:23 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Spelling of Spanish Surnames
Thank you. I suspected it would be something like this; it seems also this region picked up a slight excess of Xs from Mexico, which are pronounced like Js (or like Hs in English), although I must say I am at an unfortunate loss to call any to memory besides "Me`xico" itself.
EDIT: Well, we do standardize/ise on chile, while others do not...
-Arlo James Barnes
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