Father Rafael Arizaga signs his name as it is supposed to be (Spanish) while the author of Catholic Candle changes his name using the English version, Raphael. ????
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You may have hit the nail on the head, AveCorMariae.
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Checking back, it appears the author of CC may be somehow revered as an authority by Greg Taylor, unless the latter just doesn't have time to be careful when he cranks out another "issue." He has copied these spelling inconsistencies in the Recusant exactly as they occur on CC.
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Taking this one step further, the deliberate misspelling of a priest's name toward replicating the name of a holy angel as found in the target language might imply a kind of mysterious reverence toward the priest if only by subtle suggestion.
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A good question to ask here might be,
"When written in Spanish is the name of the angel Saint Raphael spelled San Rafael?
" Because I don't know the answer to that.
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An abiding fact of English culture is that certain Englishmen harbor an abiding contempt of Spanish and everything Hispanic, and it sometimes comes out in odd ways. I know a man who spends hundreds of dollars to rent a Tux and hire a limo just so he can show up and stand around like a statue in the approximate neighborhood of "The Royals" when a British prince comes to town. But when he mentions the Mexican restaurant El Pollo Loco (properly pronounced "el poyo loco"), he says
"el polo loco" like the sport played on horseback which curiously is popular in the UK. When I asked him why he insists on mispronouncing the word
Pollo, he said, "Because I hate everything about the Mexican language."
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Now, maybe it's unfair to characterize specific Englishmen based on the behavior of others who are not English but try to act as if they are. It should be obvious to all that Greg Taylor is English. But I know nothing of the cultural bent of the CC author. His use of the English language is quite impressive, but it would be much more American English than British. So, at the moment, I am inclined toward thinking that Taylor respects the opinion of the CC author, and probably defers to his judgment on many things.
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Like I said above, today's search engine capabilities has its effect on our culture, and an example of this is how you're not too likely to be able to find answers to these questions by doing an online search.
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