Re: OT naming customs

En réponse à Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>:

>
> So it's rare in France to be known by a prénom other than the premier?
>
Exceedingly rare. Even nicknaming is not quite frequent in France.

>
> hm, Othon Frédéric Wilfrid Aristidès is/was professionally "Fred", and
> Georges Jacques Babylas Blondeaux was professionally "René Goscinny"
> ;)
>
But those are "pseudonymes", or "noms de plume". After all, a great deal of our
writers and singers don't use their real name for their work. But that's about
the only case where people don't use their birth name.

Christophe.

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