--- Derrill 'Kisc' Guilbert <lister at insaneninjahero.com> wrote: > Matthew Klahn wrote: ... > > 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. If off-topic trivia is allowed, here in northern New Mexico there are lots of Chavarrias, especially Indians from Santa Clara Pueblo. Since "lots", for northern N.M., means maybe a few dozen, this doesn't refute the statement that the versions with E are more common. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html