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Bridgeport school renamed after Minnie Miñoso


Quin

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I had heard that this was in the works and am quite pleased to see that it has indeed happened.  What a wonderful way to pay tribute to Minnie!

For those who don't know, this school just blocks from the ballpark, diagonally across from Grandstand on 35th.

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2 minutes ago, cuban_sammiches said:

This is great. Was the "ñ" changed later?  Growing up, i always thought it was "Minoso."

My guess would be that it was mostly a "1950s newspapers didn't use tildes a lot" thing to begin with, then stuck.

It's definitely a more recent widespread adoption as a pronunciation aid - so people pronounce his name like how he did and his family do: Min-yo-so vs. Min-oh-so.

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14 minutes ago, Quin said:

My guess would be that it was mostly a "1950s newspapers didn't use tildes a lot" thing to begin with, then stuck.

It's definitely a more recent widespread adoption as a pronunciation aid - so people pronounce his name like how he did and his family do: Min-yo-so vs. Min-oh-so.

Very true. We've come a long way.

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