allanb Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Maybe not exactly a language question, but can Claude (as a first name) be either a male or a female name in French? If not, which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 It can be either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosub Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 It appears Claude and many others can be either sex, unless you are called Leslie like me. I have so many problems with it, even if I make it clear in correspondence, forms etc. that I am a male, it makes no difference, they still assume I am female. I have even been asked in shops if that really is my name? and at airport car hire desks. Have I borrowed my wife's driving licence? I am considering calling myself Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Poor Les, but I thought the female version is spelt Lesley?Nevermind, you could have been called Hilary as in Hilary Benn or Beverley as in Beverley Nicholls (remember him?) or even Evelyn as in Evelyn Waugh.You might not be "safe" as Fred because you could conceivably be Frederica, couldn't you?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I have problems too particularly on the phone. My name is Jean and I have a low speaking voice.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianagain Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 You've obviously not heard of the (in)famous Madame Claude then.Brian (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosub Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Poor Les, but I thought the female version is spelt Lesley?In the Uk it is, but in France It's Leslie[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 [quote user="gosub"]Poor Les, but I thought the female version is spelt Lesley?In the Uk it is, but in France It's Leslie[:)][/quote]As in Leslie Caron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Of course, Clair, how could one forget the delightful Leslie Caron?I'm glad to be reminded of Gigi because I am choosing some works of Colette's to be read at our Club de Lecture.But, I can't help giggling when thinking of Maurice Chevalier singing, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls".........everybody thought it was a lovely song and nobody thought Chevalier might be a paedophile!What an innocent age I grew up in............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I was so surprised when I met my first Dominique who was a boy!Great hilarity always during French exchanges as Nicolas (s not pronounced) in France is a boy.Reminds me too of the day we visited Warwick Castle with my dad - couldn't see him, so I called 'papa, papa!' and some voices replied 'Nicole, Nicole'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I know of a Marie-Pierre and I have a work colleague named Pierrette, both names I have never come across before.And let us not forget 'A boy named Sue' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Reminds me too of the day we visited Warwick Castle with my dad -couldn't see him, so I called 'papa, papa!' and some voices replied'Nicole, Nicole'. LOL[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Yes, Cendrillon, Odile's post made me laugh, too. BTW, will be sending you a PM soon................visitors outnumbering usual habitants in my house at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 sweet 17I will look forward to that [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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