Re: OT naming customs
| From: | Anton Sherwood <bronto@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 5:49 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> middle name (we say "deuxième prénom" in French, where it has not
> as much importance as in the US) . . . my middle name has no special
> meaning for me (I wouldn't answer when called by it. It's just a second
> first name I have to put in official papers and that's all), . . .
So it's rare in France to be known by a prénom other than the premier?
hm, Othon Frédéric Wilfrid Aristidès is/was professionally "Fred", and
Georges Jacques Babylas Blondeaux was professionally "René Goscinny" ;)
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