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Gavroche and Eponine
by maire
12/21/2007, 6:25 PM
Gavroche (gav-ROSH - m) and Eponine (EH-poe-neen - f) have really been growing on me lately, especially Gavroche. Could you see them being used?
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- Melania (melrose452)
12/22/2007, 12:24 PM
I love Eponine and would love to see it used. I think Gavroche's ties to Les Mis are a bit too strong though...I wouldn't use it.
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- Murasaki (on a different computer) (guest)
12/22/2007, 7:47 AM
Eponine is interesting and possibly useable, Gavroche IMO isn't. The connection with "Les Miserables" is too obvious, and it's also a kind of hat.
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- EgYpTiAn PrInCeSs
12/21/2007, 7:43 PM
Well they could be used if you really like them. However, they are not my style and I think they could be mispronounced by others.
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- lac (guest)   +3
12/21/2007, 6:44 PM
I can see Eponine being used anywhere. Gavroche is probably too strange to use in the English-speaking world. If you lived in a French community, though, I'd say go for it. For the record, I've loved Eponine from the first time I heard it. It's one of those exotic names that stick in your head. I especially love the nn Eppy. Gavroche is a bit too...something...for me. Foreign, perhaps? It sounds more like a term than a name. Where did you first hear it, and what does it mean?
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- maire   +1
12/21/2007, 8:24 PM
They are both from Les Miserables. Other names from Les Miserables, while on the topic are:Azelma
Gavroche
Corinth
Gervais
Euphrasie
Baptistine
Fantine (I actually knew a girl called this who went by Fanny or Fawn)
Enjolras
Théodule
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- lac (guest)
12/22/2007, 1:28 PM
Most of those names are a little over-the-top, but I do like Fantine, Euphrasie, and Theodule. Azelma is also interesting.
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- Kate
12/21/2007, 7:12 PM
It's from Les Misérables. As far as I know, Victor Hugo created the name and it doesn't mean anything.
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- Megan (Megan7)
12/21/2007, 6:34 PM
Neither are my style, but I wouldn't mind seeing them. I prefer Epona to Eponine, though.
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