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

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Saturday, January 13, 2001, 23:15
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>:
> > Yvonne, hmm, Lys? I'm not as familiar with French surnames as I would > > like. > > Christophe, pouvez-vous suggérer un (?) nom? :-p > > ^^^^^^ > correct! :) > > If you want a surname looking like yours, I'd suggest Jeanne /'Zan/. The most > well known of them is no less than Jeanne d'Arc, so the image carried by such a > name is quite good (at least in France).
Wasn't she called "du Lys" as well? Can't find the reference, of course, except for a scrap of paper with a badly drawn coat of arms labelled "d'Arc du Lys". The king-presumptive may have given it to her. Irina -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas