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Re: OT naming customs

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, December 20, 2001, 10:28
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. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.