John, I knew an old fellow in Almagreira, Lajes do Pico with the alcunha of Canhoto everyone referred to him by that behind his back but they never dared saying it to his face he would throw a fit! For some reason certain alcunha's only apply to certain people but others are passed on because his son and grandson aren't known by Canhoto.
On Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:44:17 PM UTC-7, Anthony Martin wrote: > > I've been searching through various guides about Portuguese naming > practices, but I haven't found anything related to this question. > > My mother-in-law is a Parreira, but she has mentioned that it is common > for families to have nicknames. For example, someone by the name of Antonio > Parreira may be known as a 'Galante' yet the surname 'Galante' is no where > to be found. Other nicknames I've come across are what appear to be > 'rrabola' and 'Ilhars'. > > Does anyone have an explanation for this? > -- 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
