The Sunday issue of The Napa Valley Register, each week, contains a Faces & Places section which lists local births, marriages and deaths. While I'm not quite yet at the stage of my life when I'll start scanning the obituaries (like my grandmother did), on the off chance that there may be someone listed there that I know, or rather knew, a certain birth announcement did catch my eye. On September 3rd the world welcomed a baby boy whose surname is Bourdeaux. Now, one mustn't confuse this Bourdeaux with the famous Bordeaux winemaking region. This particular Bourdeaux (with it's extra 'u') is a village in southeastern France. But one wouldn't know that if one simply heard this surname spoken.
What a great surname; "Hi. I'm Bob Bourdeaux," (or Zane in this case), it has a certain ring to it. I generally like surnames that are nouns (mine isn't), however, I wouldn't like to have the surname Napa for fear that people might think I'm lazy.
Anyhow, congratulations to Mr and Mrs Bourdeaux and their 7lb 11 oz bouncing bundle of joie.
9 comments:
VG: LOL!
Yup! I'm like your grandmother1
If either of you see me in the obits, let me know.
Charming. That is a most excellent name, however it's spelt!
Certainly better than being born a Beaujolais Nouveau.
NHW: Yikes, how often are you successful?
Thud: Funnily enough, you'll be the first to know!
Phlegmmy: Could be worse.
Tomasso: I'm thinking 'Champagne' might be a good surname.
VG: Often!
Thud:
American comedian George Burns in his ninetieth decade on earth used to say that the first thing he did each morning was to read the obits. If his name wasn't there, he shaved.
VG: Being that I don't get around as well as I would like, I spend much too much time on the internet, and sometimes I get an interesting perspective revisiting your posts considering the comments; this one made me laugh (two years later) all over again;)
NHW: Glad to be able to amuse you, again :)
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