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

From: "Yoon Ha Lee"

> <laugh>  Whereas in French class, everyone else got a reasonable "French
> name," but I got dubbed "Yvonne" out of desperation, and it never quite
> clicked.  OTOH, I think some book-of-names said it means "archer," and I
> actually finally learned archery last spring...<G>
Hearing French people francify my name is agonizing to me (/dugla'/ or
/duglas'/)! Blech! (And then there was the Spanish friend in university who
called me /dug'li/ {Lord, take me now}.) I went off the board (i.e. wasn't
even gonna look for something that started with a "D"), and thought
"Paul-Gaston" sounded ultra-chouette, but I haven't really had the occasion
to try it out. Christophe, qu'est-ce que tu en penses?

Assurez-vous, mesdames et messieurs, de mes sentiments les meilleurs,

Paul-Gaston de Kou ;)