Frank's comments on the sometimes and slight differences in the spelling of Spanish last names led to the selection of many folks by the secretary of state's office a couple years back as "invalid voters" because the same person's name showed up with different spellings when comparing the voter rolls and the driver's license registry, for example.
-tom johnson On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > Spelling of certain surnames (apellidos) in Spanish wasn't standardized > until after New Mexico was colonized by Spain. There are only a few > spelling ambiguities that are possible in Spanish: soft "c", "s" and "z" > are pretty much indistinguishable; "ll" and "y" sound the same; "h" isn't > pronounced so you will sometimes see "hormiga" spelled as "ormiga", for > example. In New Mexico and certain other places you will see "Gonzales", > "Chaves", "Sisneros", and "Vasquez" while in Mexico and Spain they are > almost always spelled "Gonzalez", "Chavez", "Cisneros", and Vazquez". > There are many other examples. > > > > Frank > > > > > > Frank C. Wimberly > > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > > > [email protected] [email protected] > > Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arlo > Barnes > *Sent:* Sunday, February 23, 2014 2:48 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe New Mexican: Our View: For mayor, no > perfect choice > > > > The rationale Dimas gave (in a Generation Next interview) is that he > thinks the public fora Bushe`e and Gonzales have been debating in (the > usual places, that is) are frequented predominantly by insiders, and not > the public at large. Apparently, he thinks the best way to contact the > "actual" public, then, is to flood the city with the physical equivalent of > spam - polycarbonate campaign signs. I cannot vote for mayor because I live > outside city limits (if you actually look at the boundaries, especially on > the south side, they can be pretty ragged), but I would love to see an art > campaign for defacing his (and others') posters - even his supporters could > join in with favorable modifications. > > It seems like the main reason behind the (more extensive than one might > think?) feeling of 'no good choice' is that the main venues of discussion > have focussed on politics (like funding) rather than issues and > ideological/action history. Gonzales (Chrome suggested Gonzalez, is that > spelling more common internationally?) may be backed by big money, but more > important are the questions of *whose* big money, and *if* that will > affect his actions as possible mayor, and *in which way*. > > -Arlo James Barnes > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ==========================================
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