Re: Moi, le Kou (was: verbs = nouns?)
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 13, 2001, 23:15 |
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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
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