Talk:Shapiro

message: Would there be a way to note that there are alternate pronunciations of the name Shapiro?  For instance in Philadelphia, PA. It is very common for the name to be pronounced Sha-pie-ro (such that the last two syllables rhyme with high-low). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.158.29.18 (talk)  13:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is correct-thank you. I am from Philadelphia and pronounce it that way. Nobody can remember that though and it is always pronounced wrong even to the point of argument. I would like to know why there is this difference. Any one know? Sarah Shapiro 2016 pronounced Sha-pie-ro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:43:101:d87:c521:77c9:dade:b920  (talk) 15:20, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm from Philly and we say it that way in my family as well. 68.83.16.71 (talk) 08:38, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  modern pronunciation variants in the U.S. 

message: === Adding JONATHAN SHAPIRO, the cartoonist ===
He's a promenent cartoonist in South Africa. He does works for The Mail&Gardian and The SundayTimes, and dare i say he's the country's favourite cartoonist. Any thoughts?
http://www.cartoonist.co.za/zapiro.htm
--User:Cape fox 00:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This band was deleted per Criteria for Speedy Deletion, A7: Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content. Only notable bands are included.  --slakr 01:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Shapiro is most definately notable. It guess they fall into the crack of Danny Tanner, insanely popular just underground. I remember why people hate wikipedia's speedy deletion policy, and thus wikipedia, now. --Violask81976 01:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Shapiros 

message: He's a promenent cartoonist in South Africa. He does works for The Mail&Gardian and The SundayTimes, and dare i say he's the country's favourite cartoonist. Any thoughts?
http://www.cartoonist.co.za/zapiro.htm
--User:Cape fox 00:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding JONATHAN SHAPIRO, the cartoonist 

message: They are a growing rock band from Harrisonburg, VA. Working with nationally known producer John Mark Painter. They have been touring extensively for over 3 years and have a large fan base on their on.
here are some websites:
* www.shapiropeople.com
* www.myspace.com/shapiro
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielwwhite (talk • contribs) 00:22, 3 July 2007
: This band was deleted per Criteria for Speedy Deletion, A7: Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content. Only notable bands are included.  --slakr 01:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Shapiro is most definately notable. It guess they fall into the crack of Danny Tanner, insanely popular just underground. I remember why people hate wikipedia's speedy deletion policy, and thus wikipedia, now. --Violask81976 01:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add SHAPIRO, the american pop-rock band 

message: Bona fide! My father was in Tammany Hall in the 1940s, and they used to tell this joke, which, like the best Jewish humor, has a point. "The Jews voted for the Jews. The Italians voted for everybody whose name ended in 'o'. And that's how Shapiro got to be Mayor." Rest in peace, Pop, who would have been 100 this November 17th. Profhum (talk) 01:51, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Shapiro" in Jewish humor 

message: The Surname can belong to Sephardic Jews also apart from just Ashkenazi Jews as stated in the article.
See: V. Alkana & P. Michailidis "Surnames from a 3000 name family-tree of Jews from the Island of Rhodes and Turkey," where it lists the surname "Shapiro," saying that these families "are from Rhodes." The Jewish lineage of Rhodes originates in 15th century Spain -- see M. Angel, "The Jews of Rhodes: The History of a Sephardic Community," New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, 1978.Blessedhuman111 (talk) 22:00, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: and that's my origins! You nailed it. My family happened to hit Egypt Jerusalem and Rome as well. We dealt in marble. Thank you for the visibility my friend. My father's mother was (bde) Ashkenazi from Ukraine. They met in Philadelphia. 68.83.16.71 (talk) 08:36, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surname belongs to Sephardic  Jews also 

message: Seems from the article that the names may be conflated from both an Aramaic word (mostly Sephardis?), the town of Speyer (Ashkenazis) and maybe San Pedro (Sephardis). But to untangle this (as far as possible) it needs attention from linguistic experts. 151.177.57.131 (talk) 15:53, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple origins? 

message: What happened to the multiple language links that existed previously (including German, French, Japanese, etc.). They certainly still exist: just look them up under their counterpart entries on other language Wikipedias: German, French, Japanese, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian (et al.) incarnations, the links to which once existed here but have now become dissociated as a matter of the database being (correctly) unable to support more that one corresponding entry per wikilink. I'm not sure as to what is going on, but the theories that the surname is a Jewish one (whether Ashkenazi or Sephardi) is based on highly unreliable sources to the point of WP:OR. The fact of a 'surname' being adopted by Jewish ethnics is not the same as it actually being a Jewish name. Shapiro is/was a common name in Eastern Europe (Pale Settlement) amongst Slavs. The Jewish origins has gone from WP:OR theorising to blatantly stating the origin as fact. Remind me again, where are the WP:RS for the surname's origin? The interwiki links need to be repaired and, as there is no certainty as to the origin, the breach of WP:NOR theorising needs to go. Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:53, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: As an addendum, I see that the article has been split, then merged, then split from the :Spira (name) article in the past. This would probably go a long way to explaining how the interwiki links are all over the place. I also note that there were comments made regarding there being a massive difference between Shapiro and Shapira, yet this has all become conflated, - albeit certainly in good faith - with copy editor after copy editor fixing the readability of the text presumably without checking the sources. Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:23, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something not quite right here 

message: I reckon this page should be merged with Schapiro, Shapira and variations, with redirects to the relevant section GiAbTankred (talk) 12:33, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  New merger