There are subjects like this that I particularly like, that's why, less than one year after I posted on this subject, I get back to it... First names... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ! But don't get upset, I have a really good reason to do so...

bild2301content First, I am not gonna teach that my name is a nightmare to pronounce for all of you English speakers... Unless you see it written, you just can't get it and the things which desperates me constantly is that it does not exists anywhere else in the world which would make it a bit more popular. (And if you would be king enough to avoid to make this silly joke: "Oh ! Really ?" When you talk to me... It would be much appreciated!)

Anyway, even if this first name was a real trendy name at the beginning of the 80's in the other side of the Channel (I know, I am really really young!;) it has never ever gained popularity either in literature or music, even not in cinema or anything as so far, only one old and obscure French film has the main character called after me (you can check it out on the dialog written on the window of the Apostrophe bakery shop on the lower side of Regent Street), apart as well from the painter Aurélie Nemours (a bit of DIY if you don't know who it is, Wikipedia can be used sometimes for other purposes than checking out silly stuff!)...

And today, one of my German colleagues told me that she actually found out that my name has been the title of a famous song in Germany a few years ago... The song (German song as you can guess) by a band called Wir sind Helden, was part of their first album (Die Reklamation) (with such a title, it is the proof that randomness does no exist!). The song apparently talks about the difficult time a young French girl spent in Germany, trying to manage her relationships in a foreign country where the culture is different (don't expect me to make any comment on the subject!) I can't really say I am fond of the song itself but just for the title, I thought it deserved postrerity... So not posterity, but almost :)

"I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right." - Gene Sarazen

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