Talk:Iker Casillas
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[edit] the lottery ticket
there is a story about him not turning in his fathers lottery ticket and then it ended up being the winning number?
[edit] Íker or Iker?
Which is it? It should be consistent throughout the article.
[edit] It has to be Iker not Íker...
In Spanish there are no accent marks on capital letters, never. Plus, Iker Casillas name is always written without the accent even though by the spanish grammar there is supossed to be an accent. Proper names never have mistakes, so if Iker Casillas writes his own name without the accent therefore it wont be used. Please change the title of the article to Iker Casillas without the accent mark because it is a big mistake...
- In Spanish the capital letters have an accent mark, same as with small case. What happens is that there is an allowance for not writing them, which is a remmant of the time of old printing in which it was impossible to use accent marks for newspapers. The matter is much more simple. It is Iker because it is a Basque name.
- That's right Iker is a Basque name, not Spanish. There are no accent marks in Basque, therefore Iker is written withouth the accent. Plus every Spanish newspaper writes his name without accent and the same thing happens in Real Madrid's official website. Someone should change it.
[edit] Requested move
Íker Casillas → Iker Casillas — As it has been stated above, his forename is Iker, without an acute accent. The form with an accent is correct in Spanish due to grammar rules, but the name in fact is of Basque origin (see Behind the Name), and in Basque language accent marks are not used. The name is written without an accent all over the Real Madrid website as well as that of the biggest Spanish sports daily Marca. Further proof gives this article by El Mundo, which states the following:
Con lo que Iker va a ganar en un años se compra y de sobra la casa de Móstoles en la que vive con sus padres desde que volvieron de Bilbao (pasaron allí una temporada trabajando) para que Iker naciera en Madrid. Toda su familia es de Ávila, y si a Iker le bautizaron con un nombre vasco, igual que a su hermano pequeño, Unai, fue simplemente, porque a sus padres les gustó cómo sonaba.
In English it means that his family is from Ávila (Castile and León), but that his parents worked in Bilbao (Basque Country) for some time before he was born and liked the name Iker so much that they decided to give it to him when he was baptized. It also says that his younger brother has a Basque name as well, Unai. Therefore, this article should be moved to Iker Casillas. –Kooma 19:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Support per the research of the nominator. I would suggest adding a short note about the spelling of the name to the article as well. Dekimasuよ! 04:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
This article has been renamed from Íker Casillas to Iker Casillas as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 20:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
