*Just adding to what Cheri pointed out, there always seems to be an exception to the "general' rule. When the saint's first name starts with a vowel, (ie Antonio, Amaro, etc., the proper term is "Santo" I was about to proclaim the general rule: "Sao" when the saint's first name starts with a consonant, Santo when the saint's first name starts with a vowel then I looked at our Band Schedule which reminded me that we recently played at the Santo Cristo festa in Chino. I give up! I defer to the language experts on the list. Joao?, George?, Doug?, Katharine? * *John Vasconcelos*
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Spelling was always one of my strong subjects, so try really hard not to > let misspellings bother me, but in this case I really need to speak up. > > The Azores are a part of Portugal, not Spain. The language of the Azores > and Portugal is Portuguese, not Spanish. > > The word for saint in Portuguese is Sao (properly, it's São). The word > for saint in Spanish is San. > > I know there are many areas of the U.S. that touch the Mexican border and > for those of us in these areas, we may encounter the Spanish language more > frequently, so we may not even notice the San instead of Sao, since San is > so familiar to us. They even have lots of cities named in Spanish after > saints (San Francisco is one). > > So if you are in the habit of typing San on this list, or are new to > Portuguese genealogy and didn't realize the difference, please put a > post-it on your computer that says: Sao Miguel, Sao Jorge, or Sao whatever > (if that is your freguesia). > > People write me and say, for example, that they remember a post about Sao > Vicente on Sao Miguel and they can't find it in the archive. So I search > the archive by typing in Sao Vicente and Sao Miguel and I can't find it > either. Then I have to play around with the San and even sometimes the > translation into English. > > Please, please, please, stick with the Portuguese spelling! > > P.S. On Sao Miguel...it's MiGuel...a G in there...not a Q. That one > makes the message impossible to find in the archive. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For 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. > To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. > > > -- For 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. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
