Denise, Perry, like Joe Perry (see your Hall of Fame). The best story I have is a member of the "De Zocieur" family, who thought they were from French origin. Knowing the azorian accent, I understood where that family name came from: De Zocieur was, in fact, DOS AÇORES, i.e., from the Azores, in the azorian accent!! :-))) Luis K W Lisboa-Portugal ---------- > From: Denise1270@aol.com > Hi Luis, > > I really appreciate your story! My daughter's best friend is Brazilian, > named Beatriz Carvalho, everyone at school pronounces it Carval-ho just like you > said about Coelho Street. Too funny! > I know there are Freitas on the mainland and Azores, my grandmother is > Azorean, they just are still rare to come by, for me anyway, in my area. > Interestingly, my name before I married was Denise De Freitas; while reading > about the recent high school graduates in the town next to mine last year > there was a Denise De Freitas! Even more ironic is that her brother is Joseph > De Freitas, and so is my brother!! > In the US my uncle's Goncalves was mutated to Gonzales. And how about > Pereira as Perry, too funny! > Denise D'Antona