Matthew Klahn wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2004, at 21:00 , David Silberstein wrote: > >> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Paul Echeverri wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:29:15 -0800 (PST), Philip Hart >>> <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: >>> >>>> ps - "Echeverri" has a cool linguistic story, right? - maybe Basque? >>> >>> >>> Give the man a cigar. >>> > > My wife's maiden-name is Chavarría (which she kept as a hypenation, > making her's the longest name I've run across since some Greek names > like Eleftoloperous: Chavarría-Klahn), and her father is Bolivian. BUT, > apparently is less common than either Echeverri, Echeverria, etc, since > she will frequently tell people her name (well, she's a Linguistics grad > student, so this is probably not a normal sample of people) and they > tend to say, "Echeverria?". > > -- > Matthew S. Klahn > Software Architect, CodeTek Studios, Inc. > http://www.codetek.com > I live in Winnemucca NV, which is apparently known occasionally as "Basque-town" ... all the old money is Basque, I think the original settlers were Basque, that sort of thing. Instead of being a Mason, to get ahead in WMCA you have to be Basque ;) There are lots of Echeverria's here, no other variations on that name that I'm aware of, so yeah, I'd say that sans-e is less common ... generalizing from a sample of one. Kisc