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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
Combination of that (slaves there didn't have surnames) and the weird Portuguese system of accumulating a set of surnames rather than just having the same as your father. Also like to fuck about with them at marriage and create combo surnames and give sons and daughters different ones.
Probably in sport it makes it a lot easier for commentary too.
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Originally Posted by Ross
Brazilian people tend to have 4-5 names and normally shorten it to 1 of them or a nick name. This is certainly the case in Soccer.
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Great, thanks. I was hoping for some further insight into the slavery theory. Sadly though I think the single name thing the Brazilian athletes tend to favor may very well come off to many in the rest of the world as an ego thing, which has been the initial reaction I've had as well. Now I see there may be another reason for it.
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Originally Posted by TisMe
The Brazil women's soccer team gets almost no support from the Brazilian Soccer Federation so perhaps it's a cost saving thing having single names?
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