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Help[Opinions] Re: The Dionne Quintuplets
in reply to a message by Kinga
Man, that family had waaaay too many kids. No wonder they put the quints up for display, how else could they have even fed all of them? Terrible story.
The names are not bad, if you overlook that they used Marie too often. The first names, anyway.
The names are not bad, if you overlook that they used Marie too often. The first names, anyway.
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The first names are classical for the place and period, and nice ones, too, I agree.
As you may know, it was usual to have the middle name Marie, for girls, and Joseph, for boys, a sort of pious custom.
Notice that the girl who had Marie for a first name has the middle name "Reine",(queen), which is meant to indicate the blessed virgin, Mary, queen of heaven.
I know a couple of older women named named Marie-Reine, they're usually just called "Reine".
During the World Wars, the French-speaking servicemen were often called(by the English-speakers), "Joe LeBlanc", given that they all had Joseph in their name, and LeBlanc was a common surname. This was received either good-naturedly or poorly,depending on the "Joe LeBlanc"'s temperament.
The quint's first names aren't much used now, except Emilie,it's popular.
As you may know, it was usual to have the middle name Marie, for girls, and Joseph, for boys, a sort of pious custom.
Notice that the girl who had Marie for a first name has the middle name "Reine",(queen), which is meant to indicate the blessed virgin, Mary, queen of heaven.
I know a couple of older women named named Marie-Reine, they're usually just called "Reine".
During the World Wars, the French-speaking servicemen were often called(by the English-speakers), "Joe LeBlanc", given that they all had Joseph in their name, and LeBlanc was a common surname. This was received either good-naturedly or poorly,depending on the "Joe LeBlanc"'s temperament.
The quint's first names aren't much used now, except Emilie,it's popular.
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