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Subject:	Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes?
Author:	Profe Esteban (Authenticated as Profe Esteban)
Date:	March 10, 2008 at 3:59:57 PM
Reply to:	Reason for African American names using apostrophes? by Tempestgirl

In latin origin surnames there´s only one reason to use apostrophes: replacing a letter. Italian surnames as D'Angelo, D'Amore, D'Alessandro the apostrophe replaces the "e" (De Angelo, De Alessando, De Amore). In Italian and French they use it for the same reason also in regular words.

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Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - Tempestgirl Mar 9 2008, 10:17:22 AM
- Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - Profe Esteban Mar 10 2008, 3:59:57 PM
- Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - Cleveland Kent Evans Mar 10 2008, 10:48:55 AM
  - Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - Tempestgirl Mar 10 2008, 2:18:06 PM
    - Inserting accents and their uses in French and Spanish - Bastien Rosier Mar 12 2008, 6:15:07 AM
      - Re: Inserting accents and their uses in French and Spanish - Mrs Claire Mar 13 2008, 7:40:37 AM
    - Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - তন্ময় ভট Mar 11 2008, 5:06:08 PM
      - Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - তন্ময় ভট Mar 11 2008, 5:07:48 PM
    - Re: Reason for African American names using apostrophes? - Cleveland Kent Evans Mar 11 2008, 12:32:32 PM

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