{"id":232,"date":"2006-07-20T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2006-07-20T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=232"},"modified":"2006-07-20T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2006-07-20T15:57:20","slug":"more-on-hispanic-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"More on Hispanic Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

My post on Hispanic names<\/a> was very well received, and I got some nice comments for that. I really appreciate the kind thoughts expressed. I would like now to round off the subject with additional observations I forgot to mention at the time.<\/p>\n

1. A mistake to avoid when referring to married women:<\/strong> You might know that a traditional pattern of calling a married woman in English countries is this:<\/p>\n

Mrs.<\/strong> Husband’s_name<\/em><\/p>\n

so that if Jane Wilkins married Peter Smith, she could be referred to as Mrs. Peter Smith<\/em>. This is especially true when you refer to the whole couple, as in Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The scoop: there is no exact equivalent to this usage. For our study, let’s say that<\/p>\n

Pedro Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez Mora<\/em><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Virginia Ruth Prieto Villalba<\/em><\/p>\n

are married. (Last names are italicized.) In that case, the following differences to English usage apply:<\/p>\n

a) As usual, the lady would call herself Sra. (Mrs.) Virginia Prieto de Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez<\/em>.<\/p>\n

b) There is no equivalent<\/em> to the usage of Mrs. Husband’s_name, so an usage of Sra. Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez<\/em> is glaringly incorrect. Avoid it at all costs!<\/p>\n

The closest thing to it would be referring to Virginia as “la se\u00c3\u00b1ora de Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez” (Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez’s wife); but this should be done in the middle of a sentence and never as a naming scheme.<\/p>\n

c) There is an equivalent<\/em> to the usage of Mr. and Mrs. Husband’s_name: Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez y Sra.<\/em>, but it is not too widely used.<\/p>\n

2. Widows.<\/strong> Using the same name as in the previous case, we might agree that the lady would be called Sra. Virginia de Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez. Now, imagine that Mr. Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez passes away, and Virginia is now a widow. In that case,<\/p>\n

a) She could choose to keep calling herself with her married name; or<\/p>\n

b) She could adopt the following scheme:<\/p>\n

Mrs.<\/strong> Widow’s_name<\/em> viuda de<\/strong> Husband’s_last_name<\/em>
\nSra.<\/strong> Widow’s_name<\/em> Vda. de<\/strong> Husband’s_last_name<\/em><\/p>\n

Thus, the phrase “viuda de”<\/em> (“widow of”) or its abbreviation is introduced as a modifier in the married name of the wife to signify its widowing status. Thus, Virginia could call herself something like:<\/p>\n

Sra. Virginia Vda. de Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez
\nSra. Virginia Ruth viuda de Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez
\nSra. Virginia Prieto vda. de Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez<\/p>\n

… and so on; you get the idea.<\/p>\n

3. A treatment of respect.<\/strong> Sometimes, you will hear someone being called as don\/do\u00c3\u00b1a<\/em>. In Spain, this is a treatment used with the nobility and priests, and it’s roughly equivalent to the English usage of “Sir”. However, in most parts of Latin America “don\/do\u00c3\u00b1a” is just a mark of respect given to highly influential persons, or persons that are old and wise. Here is how you should use it:<\/p>\n

a) It should be written in lowercase. For example, “don Pedro Gim\u00c3\u00a9nez.”. However, this usage varies in the practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

b)It could be used with the person’s first<\/em> name, as in “don Pedro.” Contrast this with Italian usage, where the “Don” particle is capitalized and is preferently used with the last name, as in “Don Corleone.” However, this usage varies in the practice<\/em>, especially because there are so many people of Italian descent here, and they have retained the original usage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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