Do YOU want to be the TF?

WMS wrote in post #8922432
Tommy I posted the link through the post link icon and not directly, The first time I used the youtube embed code then changed it to the url as listed in my browser window. As for posting html code directly I am not that knowledgeable in html.

Wayne

I understand.

20droger wrote in post #8920470
And I thought my name was bad enough. My name? My first name is "René." As my mother always said (every time I complained), it's a beautiful French name.

Kendoway wrote in post #8921223
I feel your pain René, as my birth name is Claude (and my middle name Christian).

I will add to the name thing as well (at the risk of giving the TF some juice on me). I was born in Québec, and my name, in French, is spelled "Alexandre" with the 'r' before the 'e'. In English it is simply pronounced "Alexander" (or at least, that is what I ask English speakers to call me by - that or just "Alex" - since most cannot produce the French pronunciation correctly). Since moving to California, out of people who meet me for the first time I have gotten and continue to get a good dosage of "alek-san-dreh" (Spanglish), "alexandra", and questions about whether I misspelled my name and/or how to pronounce my name. Usually I have to resort to the "theater" (American) / "theatre" (British and Canadian English) example for people to get it that in English, my name is pronounced the same as the English name Alexander.

I actually like my name as is, though. I would not want to change it to Alexander. If anything, my name helps strike up conversation, especially with girls who become interested when they learn that I speak French fluently.

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8922396
talking about retard name given to children
not far from where I live (we all speak french around here) 3 kids got served: 2 guys and a girl
first guy: "Carburateur" (Carburator, in english)
the girl: "Hirondelle" (Swallow, the bird)
and the second guy was: "Orignal" I think (Moose, in english)
talk about f*cked up...
and they are brothers and sister
a friend of mine knew them

Did they really name their kids with those names?? That is horrible!

Then there's the girl's name "Ima" (real name). The most famous person to bear this name was Ima Hogg (http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Ima_Hogg), but, as the article on Ima Hogg points out, there have also been girls named Ima Pigg, Ima Muskrat, Ima Nut, Ima Hooker, Ima Weiner, Ima Reck, Ima Pain, and Ima Butt.

Some people should not be allowed to procreate.

A Rose by any other name would be as sweet. Unless, of course, her last name is Budd or Redd, in which case she's probably neurotic.

Glad my folks kept my name nice and simple - not a lot that can be done with it.

neilwood32 wrote in post #8923292
Glad my folks kept my name nice and simple - not a lot that can be done with it.

That's "Nail Wood," right?

stsva wrote in post #8923463
That's "Nail Wood," right?

You hit it right on the head!

My daughter's middle name is Rene with the little ' over the last e (don't know how to do that in type) and my youngest son's name is Alexander, but just plain old Alexander. I like the French spelling, but we are Greek, so my husband would have had a coronary.

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8922396
talking about retard name given to children
not far from where I live (we all speak french around here) 3 kids got served: 2 guys and a girl
first guy: "Carburateur" (Carburator, in english)
the girl: "Hirondelle" (Swallow, the bird)
and the second guy was: "Orignal" I think (Moose, in english)
talk about f*cked up...
and they are brothers and sister
a friend of mine knew them

"Original" is Moose?

no original, orignal
it is an other way to call a "élan" wich is a moose

@krepta
yes I'm serious about that, they really named their children that way, for the one called Orignal, I'm not sure, I think it may be Caribou but I'm can't remember wich of the two
and also, where are you from in Québec?

mickee311 wrote in post #8923819
My daughter's middle name is Rene with the little ' over the last e (don't know how to do that in type) and my youngest son's name is Alexander, but just plain old Alexander. I like the French spelling, but we are Greek, so my husband would have had a coronary.

Assuming you're using Windows, hold down the "Alt" key and type "0233" on the number keypad (the numbers on the main keypad will not work) to get the character "é". Doing this, you can type "René."

In Word, it's even easier (although the above method will work). Type "Ctrl-' " (control-apostrophe) then "e".

Just a comment, not a criticism, "René" is the masculine form. "Renée" is the feminine form. You can change it, if you wish, by simply using the new form.

And, in case you didn't know, "René" means "reborn" or "baptized."

mbellot wrote in post #8922186
Tall doesn't bother me, higher mountains are always a better challenge.

Lisa might feel differently, which would take us back to the earlier discussion of divorce vs. homicide.

You mean Lisa has not learned to share?

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8924111
no original, orignal
it is an other way to call a "élan" wich is a moose

Gotcha. I need to read better.

There are a couple of kids locally that are named Orangejello and Lemonjello. Pronounced (o ron' ja low) and (la mon' ja low).

They were named after their mom's favorite foods: Orange Jello and Lemon Jello.

20droger wrote in post #8924123
Assuming you're using Windows, hold down the "Alt" key and type "0233" on the number keypad (the numbers on the main keypad will not work) to get the character "é". Doing this, you can type "René."

In Word, it's even easier (although the above method will work). Type "Ctrl-' " (control-apostrophe) then "e".

Just a comment, not a criticism, "René" is the masculine form. "Renée" is the feminine form. You can change it, if you wish, by simply using the new form.

And, in case you didn't know, "René" means "reborn" or "baptized."

I will look into that. I seriously had no idea. Although I doubt she will run into any problems from it, it's nice to know and get her thoughts on it. Thanks

My contribution(!) Locally (where I was born, not where I am now) there were 2 kids with very unfortunate names. One lad was given the first name Dwain - which wouldn't have been so bad if his surname hadn't been Pipe...

Then there was the kid called Wayne Kerr.

I kid you not!