A little mid-week humour to lighten the mood

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Don’t know why but I immediately thought of the Weetabix I have in the cupboard at that point. :thinking:

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Which explains why I am a dog person rather than a cat one. Mind you, thinking back to my plunge into the river and both dogs’ total unconcern. :thinking:

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At the end of the day whilst dogs and cats are happy for us humans to take care of their needs they can and do feed themselves.

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Groan :slight_smile:

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I live in France and my surname begins with a H and translates to crochet ,you would not believe the problems it has caused over the years.Also EDF have/had me listed as a women and would not change my account to a male unless I could prove I was not a women.

Is your first name Laurence? Names are weird, there are many French boys called Lilian, for example, which is incongruous to an anglophone.

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No my first name Is Godfrey ,which is fine with the French as it is a fairly common forename, In my little town there are quite a few couples who have the same forename, but pronouced differently!! for the male and the femail.

What are the names please?
We have names which are epicene, like Camille and Dominique and StĂ©phane, etc. And names which sound the same though spelt differently like Pascal and Pascale, RenĂ© and RenĂ©e, AndrĂ© and AndrĂ©e etc. if talking about the woman people sometimes say eg "RenĂ©-e’ to make it clear who is being discussed, but that’s not the normal pronunciation.
I know a couple whose son’s name is spelt wrongly because his father put a single Ă© on the end by mistake (it’s a rare Ă©e ending boy’s name) and nobody picked it up. Very irritating I imagine.

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Our oldest daughter often reminds me that for 10 years her middle name was Francis rather than Frances. My error when applying for her passport :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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