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Maleforenames Aim Alain Albert Ambroise Andr Anselme Antoine Antonin Aristide Armand Auguste Bastien Bertrand Blaize Bonard Briant Brice Camille Charles Claude Daniel Denis Dsir Didier Donatien mile milien Enguerrand Eustache Euvrard Fabrice Firmin Franois Gaston Grald Grard Gronte

Femaleforenames Adle Agathe Agns Amandine Anne Antoinette Ariane Arlette Batrice Belle Bernadette Bernardine Blanche Camille Ccile Cleste Cline Chantale Charlotte Claire Clarisse Claudette Claudine Clmence Clmentine Corinne Delphine Denise laine lonore Emmanuelle Ermenaude Estelle Eugnie Fleur Francine Gabrielle

Surnames Abril Alcover Amar Anglade Ardant Artaud Autant Baye Bart Belmondo Berbert Blanc Boulanger Boyer Brasseur Bresson Bunuel Canatona Carette Carmet Cauchy Clouzot Cocteau Colpeyn Constantine Dalle Darget Daste DeBray DeMontalban DeMontfort Debucourt Delair Denicourt Desmouceaux Dorzait Dubois

Gervais Gilbert Godfrey Gustave Guy Guylain Henri Hubert Hugue Isidore Jacques Jean Jehan Jrme Jules Julien Justin Lambertien Laurent Landre Lonard Loc Louis Luc Marc Marcel Maurice Maynard Michel Mirabeau Neville Octave Pascal Paul Petrus Philibert Phillipe Pierre Pierrick Quentin Raoul Raymond Ren Savinien Valre Yves

Genevive Germaine Hlne Henriette Irne Isabelle Jacotte Jacqueline Jonquille Juliette Justine Lonie Louise Lucille Ludivine Magdalne Margot Marguerite Marianne Marie Marlne Mlanie Michle Nadine Natalie Nicole Ninon Odette Odile Pernette Rosemonde Sandrine Simone Stphanie Suzon Sylvie Thrse Virginie Yolande Yvonne

Dussollier Faure Feuillre Godard Guilbert Hugo Jobert Joyeux Kalfon Kreis laFort Lafont LeVigan Laud LeCourageux Lesaffre L'Herbier Lys Malle Marais Marchand Marlaud Menzer Montaigu Moreau Noiret Olivia Picard Piccoli Prvert Reno Rivette Romand Ronet Roquevert Rosay Rouleau Seberg Seigner Serrault Stevenin Thevenet Tissier Trintignaut Tussand Varennes

N OTES 1) Thislisthasbeencompiledfromseveralsourcesanditispossiblethatsomenon Frenchnamesmayhavecreptinbymistake. Also,somethatmayseemtobeoforigins otherthanFranceareactuallyofOldFrenchorigin. 2) Manyfemalenamesareequivalentsofmalenames(e.g.IsidoreIsidora,Franois Franoise,JeanJeanne/Jeannette)andhavemostlybeenexcluded. 3) Surnamesandwordswithequivalentfunction: Theplaceof birthcouldfollowthenameaftertheprepositionde. Forexample

PhillipedeMontfortmeansPhillipeofMontfort.Thisisnotonlyfornobles.Ifusingan adjectivethenthiswouldbeproceededbyle/ladependingonthegender. Forexample PierreleCourageux(PetertheBrave),MargueritelaForte(MargarettheStrong). Of courseyoullneedadictionaryfortheadjectives 4) Theletter(i.e.withanacuteaccent)shouldbepronouncedliketheainhate, whilst(i.e.withagraveaccent)isliketheeinthere. Werethereisacedilla thissoundslikehissingtheletters. 5) Itisquitecommonfortwoforenamestobecombinedtomakeonenamebutinthese casestheyshouldbeseparatedbyahyphen. ForexampleJeanPierre,JeanMarie, MarieClaire.

TI TLES N obilityTitles cuyer/Chevalier=Squire/Knight, Baron/Baronne=Baron/Baroness, Vicomte/Vicomtesse=Viscount/Viscountess Comte/Comtesse=Count/Countess, Duc/Duchesse=Duke/Duchess, Roi/Reine=King/Queen. Titlesarenormallylinkedtoadomain.Abaronrulesoverabarony.

A dditionnalinfoabouttitles LaReine:TheQueen.WomencannotreigninBretonniaexceptintheeventofa regency. Prince:BrothersandsonsoftheKing. Princesse:SistersanddaughtersoftheKing. LeDauphin:thedesignatedheirtothethroneofBretonniawhenthereisone. LePresident:thepersondirectingthedeliberationsofacourtofjusticeoranassembly. Cardinal:memberoftheholycouncil.HighPriestofonethemainBretonnianreligions.

How toaddressyourbetters yourgrace,yourlordship,yourhighness HisMajestytheKing HisRoyalHighnessthePrince HisEminencetheCardinal HisExcellencytheminister,thegovernor,theambassador,thebishop Monseigneur:designatesanobleorahighrankingcleric Commoner:designatesanybodywhoisn'tnoble MonsieurorMessire/Mr.=sir Madame/Mrs.=madam Mademoiselle=Miss.,younglady

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Ventregris! Mordioux! Fi[ls]deGarce!(Sonofabitch) Lechat(thecat) Oui(yes) Non(no) et(and) ViveleRoi!(longlivetheKing) Engarde!!! C'estlamort,Monsieur!(it'stothedeath,Monsieur) Jevousaime.(Iloveyou) Jenecomprendspas.(Idon'tunderstand) Qu'estcequ'ildit?(whatishesaying?) Quoi?(What?) Jeneparlepasl'tranger,Monsieur.(Idon'tspeakforeign,sir) Partez!(Goaway!) *********************************************************************** ********* 19/04/01Thisisnotthefinalversionofthedocument,Pleasemailyoursuggestionsand yourremarkstoPeterButterworth !!!JointheBretonniaProject:BretonniatheWFRPversion!!!www.ifrance.com/WFRP/ *********************************************************************** *********