With all the Brittanys around

...why aren't there more Lorraines? I can see why parents might not call their girls Alsace: too much like Alice. But why not Limousin? It's sort of like Tiffany, redolent of lost elegance. But let's face it, nobody is going to name their child Languedoc.

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Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: September 15, 2006 09:37 PM

Lorraine is too redolent of fifties TV. Come to think of it, for the other sex, it's been a while since I met a Norman under the age of fifty.

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