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Playing the Name Game Again (x-posted)
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chiam margalit wrote: * * * *It's Zhak (as in Jaques)- leen, accent on the second syllable. * *If my cousin Jacqueline, born in Kingston MA and raised in Newport *Beach CA can be called pretentious, I guess then yes, it's the *pretentious french way. But since she's NOT pretentious in the *slightest, and she's just a plain Jewish girl with 4 kids and a *husband named Melvin, I would say it is just the right way to *pronounce her name. Not the french way or the American way...just the *right way. WEll, of course I would agree with that! But since that pronunciation had already been put forth as being "french" and "pretentious in the USA," what I had asked for was the pronunciation that the person making those claims thought would be the "non-pretentious" or "non-French" way of saying it. Do you see what I mean?? Of course now the question has been answered a bazillion times - apparently the answer is JACK-uh-lin or JACK-lyn. Who knew? -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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|| The name Colette reminds me..... I've always loved the names of the || two girls/women in "Les Miserables": Cozette and Eponine. But, I || don't know if they're 'real' French names, or possibly just very || old-fashioned. You made me curious as well and I found...... www.behindthename.com COSETTE f French Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character in Victor Hugo's novel 'Les Misérables'. www.babynamenetwork.com Cossette: Of the victorious. Origin: French Gender: Girl But nothing on Eponine? --? Jenn -WAHM -DS Feb'02 -DD Feb'97 -Jellybean due June 25/04 |
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Playing the Name Game Again (x-posted)
"Circe" wrote in message news:4ozvb.447$ZE1.360@fed1read04... "Sharon" wrote in message om... DH really wants to give her a French name (so I guess that is a starting point); he is of Scottish/French heritage, our last name is the French spelling of a Scottish surname/placename (Glasco) and he wants to honor that. So.....any suggestions? I knew a little girl whose name was Colombe, which is French for dove. I always thought it was pretty (and she was a lovely little girl, too). -- Be well, Barbara (Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [20mo] mom) This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop: "Rejuvinate your skin." -- Hydroderm ad Daddy: You're up with the chickens this morning. Aurora: No, I'm up with my dolls! All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman I don't know that anyone else would think this, but if you're in the US (which I think you are), that name might be a little too close to Columbine. Maybe it's just me, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw it. -- Sandi Mommy to Abby, 3 Natalie, 15 months and EDD 6/3/04 |
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Playing the Name Game Again (x-posted)
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Sandi wrote: * * I knew a little girl whose name was Colombe, which is French for dove. I * always thought it was pretty (and she was a lovely little girl, too). * -- * *I don't know that anyone else would think this, but if you're in the US *(which I think you are), that name might be a little too close to Columbine. *Maybe it's just me, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw it. On the other hand, my association for Colombe is with the very popular and extremely fabulous small local coffeeshops called "La Colombe," where you can buy Philadelphia's best coffee in bulk, or obtain one of there INCREDIBLE french-style hot chocolates made with heavy cream and actual melted chocolate. Some of the best restaurants in Philadelphia serve La Colombe coffee. It's good stuff, and the logo of the dove flying across the red and blue background thingy is really nice I never once thought of Columbine when I saw a La Colombe coffeeshop, cup, bag of coffee, or advertisement! -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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