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Originally posted by Lira There's a linguistic clash in his name: "-ez" is a Spanish ending, but a pure Spanish name would've dropped the initial "F" (whereas Portuguese would've kept it). My instinct says it's Spanish, as it doesn't look like modern Portuguese at all, and surnames tend to be more conservative.

The Fernandez is definitely spanish, it's quite common in some countries. The tricky part is the Armesto. I have never encountered a last name like this one. It's the 'Arm' combination at the beginning is not used frequently for last names in spanish.

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

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Originally posted by venomX The Fernandez is definitely spanish, it's quite common in some countries. The tricky part is the Armesto. I have never encountered a last name like this one. It's the 'Arm' combination at the beginning is not used frequently for last names in spanish.

I thought Armesto was a variation of Arnesto.

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Leaves it as two possibilities I guess, the journalist couldnt spell them or he has a hyphenated last name due to a hot tempered spanish missus not wanting to give up hers, with a 'double barreled' surname they tend to keep the mans last in most cases.

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z I thought Armesto was a variation of Arnesto.

I still have never encountered a surname like that, or any variation of one that resembles that one. Oh well, you never know maybe it was some really really small town in spain like my surname No one pronounces it right, and what i mean by that is that when they read it they say another surname that is sort of like it but more common. It's a bit annoying :P

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

Poor guy, he get's his ass beaten by pigs and were debating whether or not his last name is Spanish, LOL.

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Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

Fuck that guy. I've been pinned down the the ground and beaten by police, but I didn't get any sympathy only criminal charges.

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Well that'll learn you for not having a foreign sounding name!

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Originally posted by Zild Fuck that guy. I've been pinned down the the ground and beaten by police, but I didn't get any sympathy only criminal charges.

You got my sympathy Zild . And respect for standing your ground and not fearing the consequences .

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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." -Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller