This family is probably giving people researching this family a headache because it is giving me one LOL One son, married as Bisho but his name was Antonio/Antone Louis Medeiros, then he decides to drop Medeiros and just use Antone Louis
This makes me wonder how often did people do this and how many people I am missing because others doing this!!! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well what do you know I found another relative of this family who had one > of the daughters as Bisho and born in Lisbon, Portugual. Which is WRONG. > Now hopefully she believes me LOL I sure hope she didn't research that line > too far back. > > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Pam Santos <pamsanto...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks Manuel >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: >> >>> Great explanation, Manoel. >>> >>> Obrigado! >>> >>> Doug da Rocha Holmes >>> Sacramento, California >>> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >>> 916-550-1618 >>> www.dholmes.com >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bischo/Bisho >>> From: mances <man...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Sat, March 23, 2013 9:29 am >>> To: azores@googlegroups.com >>> >>> Pam, >>> >>> I am not a native english speaker, so I don´t know if I can explain it >>> well, but bicho not always has a pejorative connotation. >>> Here in Brazil in the early 1960's the word bicho was a slang referring >>> to a friend, to a dude, a buddy, a guy. >>> If you say "E aí, bicho?", it is almost the same as "What's up guy, dude >>> ?", something like that. >>> >>> Bicho means insects and animals in general. >>> >>> In the northeast area of Brazil the word 'bichinho", the diminutive >>> form, is used as a gentle way to call someone you like. >>> >>> So, it's very difficult to say what was the connotation of the word >>> bicho used as an 'alcunha' one or two centuries before. >>> >>> >>> Manoel Cesar Furtado >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions >>> when they arrive. >>> For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >>> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >>> membership." >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
