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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:43:42 +0200 (CEST) jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>France, and some other strong Catholic (and other?) countries, insist
IIRC, France is the only country in the EU to have a complere seperation of
church and state. That, plus the fact that I have empirical evidence (read:
friends with definitely non-saint names) suggests to me that it may not be
entirely correct that this naming scheme is a strict reqyirement.
List-mom hat on: unless someone renames his or her firstborn to be Zuiko,
this thread needs to R.I.P.
Cheers,
--thomas
>that only official Saints' names are used to baptise (and register) a
>baby. You can use combos like Jean-Marie which adds a little variety
>(and many names are unisex or have variants for male and female e.g.
>Dominic and Dominique) but you're stuck with a pretty limited choice.
>Jez
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>On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:30:10 +1000, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> I understand that the French simply refuse to register silly names, in
>> the interest of protecting the child from parental idiocy. How
>> sensible.
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