tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post3792528710996678774..comments2007-11-18T11:29:11.391-05:00Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-45283237573121783192007-11-18T11:29:00.000-05:002007-11-18T11:29:00.000-05:002007-11-18T11:29:00.000-05:00I didn't catch that whopper. The <I>Times</I> reporter, Sam Roberts, has written about Ellis Island <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/nyregion/14annie.html" REL="nofollow">several</A> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16annie.html" REL="nofollow">times</A> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/nyregion/29castle.html" REL="nofollow"> before</A>, and should know better.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-85014743997185262352007-11-18T02:13:00.000-05:002007-11-18T02:13:00.000-05:002007-11-18T02:13:00.000-05:00The article that you linked to includes this myth that just won't die: "Demographers pointed to more than one factor in explaining the increase in Hispanic surnames. Generations ago, immigration officials sometimes arbitrarily Anglicized or simplified names when foreigners arrived from Europe." Those darned demographers!<BR/><BR/>JoyJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909175584899159266noreply@blogger.com