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RE: Manuel Morao 'Moraíto' - origin of name?
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El Kiko
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RE: Manuel Morao 'Moraíto' - origin... (in reply to mezzo)
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Morao is actually a contraction or a diminutive of Moreno, like Curro or Pepe are for other names? No its not a diminutive , maybe I dont explain well , ..Curro and pepe are not diminutives , just alternate names for Fransisco ... Mean if his Father was Juan Moreno , but he was known as a natural kind of nickname as Juan Morao , and he , earlier would have also , i guess been known as Moraito, when he was younger . And now its his son , so he would (probably ) inherit the nickname too. of Moraito becuase , at the time he gets the nickname , he is younger , little , hence the diminutive.. but he also has another diminutive which is the 'Chico' bit . As he is smaller , it also , may , imply he is the youngest or only son ..but not always .... It seems clearer to me ...maybe I am not the one to explain languages and nicknames Example ...there is a "Chico" that lives near me called Chico Paredes . his name really is Rafael Paredes ... and so is his Dad called the same...although he has 2 brothers he is the youngest and , i dont know why , just got the chico nickname ...if his dad had a nickname he may have got that as well...but in this case he didnt ... Kikito works (and I am the youngest as well) but this is not a rule as the first born is always the youngest until the second is born ...but really if there was a Kikito here it would be my son ,.... (Anyway in Spain my nickname is spelled Quiquo , Its just with K here for ease of typing and pronunceing ..... not that that is important. ) I just knew I should have stayed out of this thread .....
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Date Sep. 11 2012 20:49:37
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mark indigo
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RE: Manuel Morao 'Moraíto' - origin... (in reply to Ricardo)
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THis is FLAMENCO!!! HELLO!!! you think people get nickname's for no reason? what, you really think the elders put random words in a hat and when a new artist is born they pick one out? Paco got his name after his mother the origin of Sabicas's sobriquet is well documented (here by Richard, thank you), Camarón got his name when his uncle José nicknamed him Camarón (Spanish for "Shrimp") because he was blonde and fair skinned. Tomatito inherited his name, but I think I did hear something about how his Grandfather came to be "El Tomate", I will have to see if I can remember/find the reference. Moraíto inherited his too, I thought that was obvious/common knowledge from Juan and/or Manuel Morao, but didn't realise, as Norman explained, that they in turn had inherited the Morao name (thank you Norman). If the family don't know why the first Morao got the name, I think it's fairly safe to assume that, as I said, "nobody knows"
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Date Sep. 13 2012 15:50:29
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