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[Sancho Panther]

Which is the stressed syllable on 'Alvaro', 'Alvarez' and possibly others? I believe it to be on the first "A" although I've never seen the written accent applied. Please advise.

[Rusty]

Álvaro
Álvarez

Both should be written with an accent mark.

[Sancho Panther]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=alvaro%20cigars&qs=HS&form=QBIR&sp=1&pq=alvaro%20cigars&sc=5-13&cvid=93E1AD5559CD4C0BA27D49FBBC8D550E

¡Así que están equivocados! ¿Verdad?

[Rusty]

¡Eso!

http://www.rae.es/consultas/tilde-en-las-mayusculas
http://www.estandarte.com/noticias/idioma-espanol/acentuacion-de-las-mayusculas-se-acentuan-las-mayusculas_1013.html

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Sancho: Old typing machines placed the accent mark superimposed on the capital letters, so the norm was that they shouldn't be accented, for reasons of aesthetics. And this was extended as a rule in other kinds of writing. Yet, the RAE, as Rusty rightly pointed out, has always said the capital letters must be accented. :)