Re: CHAT: barbarisms (was: CHAT: Being both theologically correct and properly modern)

On Tue, 15 May 2001, Eric Christopherson wrote:

> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:27:29PM -0700, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
> > No, you have it right...originally the name was Va'lo'ci, meaning "from
> > the village of Va'lo'c", then in late 1700s we received a small nobility
> > grant and it became Va'lo'czi (my cousin who lives in Lund sells it like
> > that), then in mid 1800s we received a second small nobility and the
> > selling became as it is now. I think, we were allowed to write our name as
> > von Valocz in Austrian times, but nobody ever did...
>
> Very interesting, but I don't understand what you mean about "receiv[ing] a
> small nobility." Do you mean someone bestowed titles upon your family? How
> does that pertain to the changes in spelling?
>
Yes, our family was twice granted lesser noble titles if you want to say
it that way; basically what it did was raise the status of the family on
the social level...the fact that a small nobility had been granted was
shown by fancifying the spelling of the family name when writing in
Hungarian, or just switching to the "von X".

-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy

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