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partyatnapolis
the heck kinda name is la o?
TheChanceyColborn
Exactly
Dookie Howser, MD
Its Spanish for “The O”
partyatnapolis
maybe he should be playing for la o’s instead then!
dimitriinla
Pretty cool/distinct!!
jd396
I wonder if he’s related to Scott Bai O.
TheMichigan
I always thought his last name was La O Camacho for some reason
Jeff Todd
Cuban player names (usually, just spellings) are often in some flux. I’m not entirely sure of why that is, but it’s the case here. He’s been referred to mostly without the “Camacho” appended of late, so I went with that.
Actually, if someone has a link to an explanation, or some cultural or other explanation, I’d like to be educated on this!
disgruntledreader 2
Most Latin American countries have naming conventions that include two surnames (apellidos). The first is paternal, second is maternal. Much like we ignore Korean custom and say their given names first, we skip the maternal surname here.
BlueSkyLA
How would his name be pronounced? In Spanish I believe it would be “o-eh.”
wilymo
i think the camacho is the matrilineal name (mother’s family name), which you see sometimes and is technically part of the player’s name but is generally dropped in practice, at least in the US
my understanding is that latin naming conventions append the mother’s last name after the father’s last name. sometimes you used to see david ortiz referred to as david arias, or david ortiz arias; his full name is David AmĆ©rico Ortiz Arias – first name, middle name, father’s name, mother’s name.
a lot of latin players have them as part of their full official name, but for some reason some of them crop up visibly more often than others. cubans in particular seem prone to name confusion. in this case the “la o” is weird enough that maybe people figured that couldn’t possibly be the end
disgruntledreader 2
It would never be appropriate to address David Ortiz only as David Arias. The maternal surname does not stand alone.
wilymo
this has been the general sense i’ve always had so i’m sure you’re right, but i’ve definitely seen him referred to that way. a long time ago, usually in the context of his minor league career. it might have just been confusion on the part of white people who looked at his baseball-reference page and didn’t know how the names worked, which got out of hand at some point
anyway that memory fragment is the reason he’s the first person i reach for as an example
mcdusty31
We’ll probably find out that he’s actually going by his third cousin’s name and is 3 years older anyways
rayrayner
From The Straight Dope:
‘Virgen de la O” has liturgical origins. It refers to the so called O-antiphons (Vespers) sung during the latter part of Advent. 17th-23rd), and thus makes this advocation one of expectation of the imminent birth of Jesus
His surname is probably “de la O”. You can find several people with this name on Google.
pinkerton
could make for an interesting chant during ballgames.
Bub27
What’s an “O” in Spanish?
quidam65
They have Yu and O. Now all they need are A, E, and I to cover all the vowels.
RiseAgainst3598
And sometimes why
quidam65
Jon Daniels gives us plenty of those. As in why does he make such bad trades?
orishaoko1
I have seen that name before in Cuba and is written Lao. So he may have Asian ancestry by his mother side
lesterdnightfly
I can’t wait to see how the new “Story of O” unfolds.
BlueSkyLA
He already has a magazine named for him.
Gwynning's Anal Lover
Try yodelling his name out. It’s fun!
jd396
I think they should just go with O on the back of his jersey.
gammaraze
his walk-up music should be Jungle Love
O e O e O
mrkinsm
Jeff Keppinger 2.0