michelle
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kittencrews said:I don't think that's Stephanie but I do know that's Charlotte covering her ears and beside her is her old friend... i forget her name... the director of the Monte Carlo ballet's daughter...
michelle said:Just to add this as an info:
Caroline is Pauline's godmother
Albert is Louis godfather
Stephanie is Andrea's godmother
All of Caro's kids ( including Ernst jr. and Christian) call Stephanie 'Tama'
Stephanie's kids call Caroline 'Tati' or 'Caro'
and all of the kids call Albert ' Tonton' or ' Bebert'
CasiraghiTrio said:I have a question about this pic posted by ?iceflower?
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=109830
Is this at Camille's baptism?
About the nicknames, Michelle, I read a long time ago about Andrea calling Albert "Bebert" because he couldn't pronounce "Oncle Albert" when he was a baby. So the name stuck.
Where does the "Tonton" come from? Is it perhaps from the adults telling the kids about "ton oncle Albert" and they couldn't say it so they just said "Ton ton"?
C'est adorable!
hania said:thats funny, becos here in South Africa, we have a rice called Aunt Caroline!!!
Tosca said:Better than having a cow named Carolina here in Italy!
Tosca said:Better than having a cow named Carolina here in Italy!
michelle said:Heheehee .... luckily these Caroline-things have nothing to do with ' notre trés chere Caro'
michelle said:The picture you're refering to is from Louis' and Pauline's babtism as well, you can see Daniel carrying little Louis who wears this cute blue vest. In fron of him are Andrea, Charlotte ,Stephanie and Caroline with Pierre and little Pauline (probably walking - so you can't see her - but Caro seems to be looking at her) Next to Daniel is his mom.
As for the nicknames: you're right about 'Bebert' - Stephanie already called Albert that way when she was little becasue she couldn't pronounce 'Albert' - just like Andrea
'Tonton' is a very common way to refer to ones uncle in French - like 'Tati' for ' aunt' ...
Stephanie's kids call Albert 'Tonton' and they call Caroline 'Tati ' or 'Caro'. They call Ernst ' Ernie' or 'Tonton Ernst'. Andrea, Charlotte, Ernsti, Christian, Pierre and Alexandra call Stephanie 'Tama' and they call Albert ' Bébert' or ' Albert' or 'Tonton' .Suonymona said:Don't the various cousins have names for their uncle and aunt?
Something like Taman Caroline/Stephanie and Tati Bertie, if I recall correctly?
Ann