Re: CHAT: cultural interpretation [was Re: THEORY: language and the brain]
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 4, 2003, 9:07 |
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En réponse à taliesin the storyteller :
>I've also heard that there are countries where you can only take church-
>approved names; that these are generally only the names of saints, and
>that France is such a country.
Nope. We have the same rule as in Sweden: any first name is allowed as long
as it is not demetrial for the child. We've had true seperation of church
and state for quite a while you know, so the church (which church anyway,
we have freedom of religion!) has nothing to say about people's names.
> Further, that among other the french Basques
>and the Bretons are not amused by this. Urban legend?
Yes. I had a male friend called Goulwenn and a female friend called Rozenn
(both Celtic Breton names. And he was of Breton origin and she was not),
and their respective parents never got any problem giving them those names.
And the recent wave of Kevins and Joans wouldn't have been possible if we
had such a rule. And about Basques, don't forget our football player
Bixente Lizarazu. His parents never had a problem naming him that way.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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