Barbel Bob Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Any ideas or help would be welcome!We would like something French but easy for our English friends and guests to remember!How did you choose yours?Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [quote user="Barbel Bob"]Any ideas or help would be welcome!We would like something French but easy for our English friends and guests to remember!How did you choose yours?Bob[/quote]Barbel Bob's B & B sound's good to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 We had little owls living in our attic when we bought the house, hence our name 'Le Hibou' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachouette Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 We still have a barn owl in the barn above our guest rooms, so 'La Chouette' seemed a good idea.Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerise Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Garden full of cherry trees so we are "Les Cerisiers" - not such a good idea as no one English can pronounce or spell it - but we like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Can't really remember why, but we thought three syllables was good, and also wanted the French name for a bird, any bird really, so we went through a list of bird names in French, saw Le Pic Vert, and added it to a short list. Then we saw several green woodpeckers flying over the house after we bought it, and also realised the double meaning of the name was particularly apt as we're surrounded by green peaks, so Le Pic Vert it was. Unusually unanimous vote of 2-0 in favour.Three syllables, in French, although pretty easy for other nationalities to pronounce and remember, describes two features of the locale, and is also the name of an English cider, which for me, coming from Hereford, was naturally vital. Voila, perfect.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Networks Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 We live in a small Breton hamlet called Rubertel & while not ready to accept guests for another month, are thinking of just calling our B & B (& Gite) Rubertel.Is this a good idea ?Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Taylor Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 [quote user="Breton Networks"]We live in a small Breton hamlet called Rubertel & while not ready to accept guests for another month, are thinking of just calling our B & B (& Gite) Rubertel.Is this a good idea ?[/quote]We did this back when our hamlet had no road signs. A few years later the commune apparently had money to spare, erected signs, and despite very clear directions many of our guests go up the drive next to the hamlet name sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 [quote user="Breton Networks"]We live in a small Breton hamlet called Rubertel & while not ready to accept guests for another month, are thinking of just calling our B & B (& Gite) Rubertel.Is this a good idea ?Regards[/quote]If I was anywhere in Europe I would have a good guess what "Breton Networks "did and where they did it .I would not be able to paint the same picture in my mind of "Rubertel Gite"Breton hamlet sounds much nicer.Kind regards,Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 The house already had a name. We kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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