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[Facts] Re: French Equivalent of JASPER (M)
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SugarPlumFairy
2/1/2019, 2:40 PM
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a message by JemimahGertrude
Gaspard
.
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thegriffon
2/7/2019, 2:51 AM
To elaborate,
Jasper
is a variant of
Caspar
or
Gaspar
(either misread as C or mispronounced as J), the name of one of the three wise men in medieval tradition. The French version is
Gaspard
.
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