Re: Moi, le Kou (was: verbs = nouns?)

En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:

>
> I am proud to say that i had already been named Estéban at least 2 years
> before ever taking Spanish. :-)  My Spanish-crazed older cousin
> "Miguelita" (Michelle) started calling me and my brother "Estéban" and
> "Alejandro" (Alan) and her little brother the same age as us Jeffrey
> "Javier" early on.
> Of course, whenever i call my brother "Álej" for short he tries to kill
> me.
> Also, anyone who has learnt the spanish rules of where you put accents
> will notice that the smitchik in "Estéban" is *not necessary*.  But
> that's the way my first Spanish teacher wrote it on the board the first
> day of class, so that's how i write it.  It makes it look cooler. :-) .
I must say I love this name Estéban! I think the French equivalent is Stéphane
/ste'fan/ which is also a very beautiful name.

Strangely enough, I never had those renaming attempts in foreign language
classes. Well, the first one who calls me Christopher will suffer for the rest
of his/her life :) , but I could have got used to Cristobal. In fact, I find
Christophe international enough, let's not change it and let's keep a little
French in it :) (after all, even my last name is a valid English word! :) ).

Christophe.

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