[Ansteorra] Pronunciation...

[Michael Tucker]

This is actually a famous period Spanish family name. From a Web site by Donald
E. Sheppard, of the Native American Conquest Corporation:

"Álvar Nuñez Cabeça de Vaca was born in 1490 of Spanish nobility. His
ancestors had been warriors for generations (see Morris Bishop's The Odyssey
of Cabeza de Vaca). Vaca's name translates into "Head of a Cow," a title
bestowed upon an ancestor by Spain's King who was victorious in battle after
following a difficult trail carefully marked with cow skulls. Vaca
distinguished himself as a fine officer in battles against the French, Jews
and Moors. He was merciless to the infidel; human suffering, to his way of
thinking, was the fate of all good Catholics. In 1527 he was appointed
Treasurer of the ill-fated Pánfilo de Narváez expedition, then sailed to
America with 300 other soldiers. Vaca described his adventure using the same
terms and concepts later used by DeSoto's Chroniclers, who followed most of
Vaca's trail through Florida."

You can read more at <http://www.floridahistory.com/cab-back.html>.

Yours,
Michael Silverhands

CAMERON LEWIS wrote:
>
> Pardon me, my use of Spanish is very limited but I do know the translation of
> "Vaca" and do you really want to use that as a last name?
>
> I don't know what the first word translates too and would hate to butcher the
> pronounciation of it so maybe it makes sense with that part in it.
>
> Alrek
>
> Christine Huse wrote:
>
> > Hola!
> >
> > I will soon be changing my last name (when it gets approved) from "de
> > Vasquez" to "Cabeça de Vaca".
> >
> > My question is this....How do you pronounce the "ç"? Is it pronounced as a
> > "k" or a soft "th"? Or is there a different pronunciation altogether?
> >
> > I have 1 very small pocket Spanish dictionary and a text book for learning
> > Spanish. Neither of them have the pronunciation for this particular letter
> > in the Spanish language?
> >
> > Maria
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