Sorry,This should have been asked as a question. Guess I should not write so late at night or proof my writing.(smile) Some of Maupassant writing I like, others are a little morbid.Delores >Hi cousins, > >Delores Patton wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I have the Book Selected Tales Of Guy De Maupassant, Maupassant is >French > > for Maupin, He was A French novelist and short story writer. Delores > > > >Maupassant is the french for Maupassant and Maupin is the French for >Maupin. By the way, Maupassant is one of my favorite (Edgard Allen Poe >is a kind of english speaking : ) Maupassant). Talking of artists, I >have seen on a very old french movie poster, the name Maupi for an >actor. It was a movie by Marcel Pagnol (late 40's early 50's). > > >At school I have often been called "Mopin" or worst "Moppin". At the >"College Francais", my secondary school, I have been listed for a year >as " Maurin", and until recently I have been listed as "Mopin" at McGill >University. I think it comes from the fact that many people dont know >how to prononce the "au" which is very different from "o", at least in >french (I live in Quebec, and half of my family is still in France). The >"au" should be prononced a bit like "ow". > >When I was younger, I was very desperate about the way people would >write or prononce my name. I have heard or read often these variants (in >decreasing frequence): Mopin, Moppin, Moffet, Maurin, Dauphin, french >for "Dolphin" : ), Moquin, and some other less frequent but funnier >variants. > >Linda Noel wrote : > > > Moppen looks like it might be a phonetic spelling variation of the >French > > pronunciation. > > A French woman, about 45 years ago, addressed my mother as Mrs. Maupin >and > > pronounced Maupin as mo-peene. The woman was a nurse in a doctors >office > > and called into the waiting room for Mrs. Mo-peene. > > That was our first clue to a French pronunciation. > > Linda Noel > >In fact, mo-peene is far from the french prononciation of Maupin. In >fact it look likes a french speaking person trying its best to prononce >the name in "english" ! > >By I have a question : How do you english speaking folks prononce my >french name ? I am very curious ... What should be the standard ? The >french prononciation or the english one (if it is different) ? > > >Patrick > > >-- >Patrick Maupin > >Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne >Departement Image et Traitement de l'Information >29285 BREST CEDEX FRANCE > >Ecole de technologie superieure >Departement de genie de la production automatisee >1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest >Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3C 1K3 > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the >author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at ><http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.