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Re: EPONINE
by Billina
3/18/2013, 2:10 PM
in reply to a message by Danielle
Confession time: I really don't like 'Les Miserables' names at all. Not one tiny bit. I can't even appreciate them that much in a name-nerdy sense. I just think they sound ridiculous.
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- Ludwig (blaaarg)   +4
3/18/2013, 2:47 PM
Yeah same. Why is that?
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- RoxStar   +2
3/18/2013, 2:57 PM
Maybe because nobody we know outside of that book or play has those names?
Or maybe it's because Eponine sounds like hair mousse and Cosette sounds like a poodle and Fantine like baby formula in France?
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- Kirke (guest)   +1
3/18/2013, 5:46 PM
Except in France people do have these names.These stats are from a French government source.Since 1900 Eponine has been used 220 times as a name, Fantine 884 times, and Cosette(which is not really the character's first name) was used 1534 times.
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- RoxStar
3/18/2013, 6:46 PM
Over the course of more than a hundred years, that's still extremely rare. What do you suppose makes these authentic French names so rare in their native country?
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- Billina
3/18/2013, 2:48 PM
I'm not sure. Got any theories?
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