Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Lluis, and Ripoll are very catalan origin. Ripoll is a small histricall town in the north of Catalonian where the more ancient history of Catalonian Kings has his origin. My mother's name Querol is also very catalan on his origin. Saludos cordiales Lluis El 06/11/2008, a las 18:21, H. Ball Arche escribi?: > Am I repeating myself here? > > My full last name is Arche de Estrada, and the 'Estrada' is a > matronmyic; I took may mother's full maiden name some years ago. > 'Arche' may not sound particularly Spanish - the Arche's moved to > Spain from what is now the Belgian-Dutch border sometime during the > Orange wars. I only use the whole thing on legal documents. > > Ball is my father's surname, and as I did the legal change in mid- > career I go by Harvey Ball (or H.B.) Arche in most regular > circumstances. If you google harvey ball artist you'll see why I > might want to avoid confusion. > > I've also wondered if Lluis's name is more Catalan, perhaps, than > Spanish? > > > --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > >> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Subject: [Leica] Spanish names >> To: LUG@leica-users.org >> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:22 AM >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information