Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames - Santo Domingo

#3 - Posted 6 May 2009, 10:19 PM
Belly Location: United States, Seattle, W.A. Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2555 Posts: 3423	RE: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames Quote: zanzave previously said: This is a good question. Like Haitians, the Chineses do the same thing when they move to US. Why? American people cannot pronounce the words and symboles in mandarin and other chinese languages, so Chinese people make things easier for them, they just use an English surname. For instance, how American will pronounce this name ???, ???? Then ???, ??? had to change his surname in Bruce Jun Fan Lee. It is the same situation for Haitian people in Dominican Republic. Dominican people can only understand Castellano and they cannot properly pronounce words in French, Creole, English, ... So Haitian people made things easier for them and use surname that Dominican people can pronounce. You have to start reading your statements before you hit the POST button on the right. "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs"
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RE: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames

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chillaxin201 previously said:

Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames to Spanish surname to fit in?

Why is it that there are so many Haitians moving to DR and changing their last names to Spanish surnames?
Have you ever wondered that?
The Dominicans that are decedents of other nations, like the Dominicans of San Pedro de Macorís have not changed their surnames to fit in.

It's the same reason when someone of X country is comming here in Quebec, a french language province, For example, Marianna is an easy name. But sometime here in QC people would choose at equal part of competence the quebecer. So Marianna will change is name intro " Marìan " for an easy adaptation.

An other example, my name is Eric, If I was living in a spanish country I would probably took " Rico" our Henrique as little name for an easy pronunciation...

#1 - Posted 6 May 2009, 6:43 PM
chillaxin201 Location: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism Join date: May 2008 Member #: 731 Posts: 2057	Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames to Spanish surname to fit in? Why is it that there are so many Haitians moving to DR and changing their last names to Spanish surnames? Have you ever wondered that? The Dominicans that are decedents of other nations, like the Dominicans of San Pedro de Macorís have not changed their surnames to fit in.
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#2 - Posted 6 May 2009, 9:34 PM
zanzave Location: United States Join date: May 2009 Member #: 2643 Posts: 17	RE: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames This is a good question. Like Haitians, the Chineses do the same thing when they move to US. Why? American people cannot pronounce the words and symboles in mandarin and other chinese languages, so Chinese people make things easier for them, they just use an English surname. For instance, how American will pronounce this name ???, ???? Then ???, ??? had to change his surname in Bruce Jun Fan Lee. It is the same situation for Haitian people in Dominican Republic. Dominican people can only understand Castellano and they cannot properly pronounce words in French, Creole, English, ... So Haitian people made things easier for them and use surname that Dominican people can pronounce. Edited on 5/6/2009 9:35 PM by zanzave.
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#4 - Posted 6 May 2009, 10:26 PM
TN1804 Location: Canada, Montreal Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2474 Posts: 480	RE: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames Quote: chillaxin201 previously said: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames to Spanish surname to fit in? Why is it that there are so many Haitians moving to DR and changing their last names to Spanish surnames? Have you ever wondered that? The Dominicans that are decedents of other nations, like the Dominicans of San Pedro de Macorís have not changed their surnames to fit in. It's the same reason when someone of X country is comming here in Quebec, a french language province, For example, Marianna is an easy name. But sometime here in QC people would choose at equal part of competence the quebecer. So Marianna will change is name intro " Marìan " for an easy adaptation. An other example, my name is Eric, If I was living in a spanish country I would probably took " Rico" our Henrique as little name for an easy pronunciation...
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#5 - Posted 6 May 2009, 11:14 PM
chillaxin201 Location: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism Join date: May 2008 Member #: 731 Posts: 2057	RE: Why do Haitians immigrate to the Dominican Republic and change their surnames Quote: zanzave previously said: This is a good question. Like Haitians, the Chineses do the same thing when they move to US. Why? American people cannot pronounce the words and symboles in mandarin and other chinese languages, so Chinese people make things easier for them, they just use an English surname. For instance, how American will pronounce this name ???, ???? Then ???, ??? had to change his surname in Bruce Jun Fan Lee. It is the same situation for Haitian people in Dominican Republic. Dominican people can only understand Castellano and they cannot properly pronounce words in French, Creole, English, ... So Haitian people made things easier for them and use surname that Dominican people can pronounce. your full of it............................
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