Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 04:07:44 -0800, Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
wrote:

>Uh oh, now you've done it. You've got me wondering what my "Russian" name
>would be :). My name of course is Barry Garcia (/bEri garsi@/. Dad's name
>is Bernard :) (of course if you dont want to do it' it's fine with me :) )
Hm... 'Barry'... Is this, historically, a short form of 'Bartholomew'?

'Bernard' seems to have no traditional counterpart in Russian (AFAIK,
St. Bernard was canonized by Roman Catholic Church after the schism).

So, you'll remain Barri Bernardovich Garsiya :)

>Anyway, interesting  system there. Tagalog is not very inventive with
>foreign names, they just take your name, and keep it as it is (which is
>why you see names like Flores, which are spoken as /plores/).
So, Tagalog is an example of CVC with CRVC allowed in borrowings...
Interesting.

>The Filipino naming system is first - middle - last. Your middle name is
>your mothers maiden name (though, i'm not sure if it's only for the first
>child). This makes for easy tracking of who you are related to. My dad's
>name is Bernard Delfin Garcia. My Grandmother's maiden name was Delfin. My
>Grandfathers name was Bernard Santa Maria Garcia.
Is Tagalog system different from Spanish?


Basilius