Other Altered and Combined Surnames
Here are other alterations in the Spanish surnames and foreign surnames that are common in Visayan-inhabited areas, especially in Visayas and northern Mindanao:
- Englis (although its "English", they remove the 'H' from it for no reason. But the derivation was of Spanish "Inglés" so some said that they reshuffled the spelling)
- Golis (Spanish, Golez)
- Gomis (Spanish, Gomez)
- Ranis (origin unknown, probably Spanish Ranez)
- Sendaydiego (a combination of Japanese Sendai 仙台 and Spanish Diego)
- Valmorida (a combination from Japanese Morita 森田 and Spanish word "valle" - "valley")
- Wahiman (originally Ojiman/Ohiman. They altered the spelling to separate themselves from their relatives of same name because they are not well-accepted in their clan due to social status.)
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Famous quotes containing the words altered and/or combined:
“The movies were my textbooks for everything else in the world. When it wasn’t, I altered it. If I saw a college, I would see only cheerleaders or blonds. If I saw New York City, I would want to go to the slums I’d seen in the movies, where the tough kids played. If I went to Chicago, I’d want to see the brawling factories and the gangsters.”
—Jill Robinson (b. 1936)
“The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)