Re: [ranchos] Given Names

[Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...>]

They sound like Cubanos or Puertoriquenos to me.:)  Marge
On Dec 20, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Emilie Garcia wrote:

> <x-tad-smaller> These people were known as "manitos" (the priests had told them they were Hermanitos), and their nasally speech was unique, an ancient 16th century Spanish, where they dropped the first and last parts of words as in 'equia for acequia, and 'manito for hermanito, and colorao for colorado, and they had beliefs and practices unique to them.  Due to more mobility nowadays, that is all gone.</x-tad-smaller>
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