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I know I've told you all this story before, but what the heck.
When I was in college some random guy mispronounced my name that way, and said, "That's pretty. That's French, isn't it?" At that moment I didn't put it together, but later I remembered, or looked up, or asked someone, and realized that 'de rien' is what they give you to say in beginning French class for "you're welcome." In fact, the French don't actually have a phrase for this, but 'de rien' means 'of nothing' or not important. So that's why my LJ is 'inconsequentialities' and my website is a 'trivial place' and usually when I need a last name for something online I use 'Nada.'
I know I've told you all this story before, but what the heck.
When I was in college some random guy mispronounced my name that way, and said, "That's pretty. That's French, isn't it?" At that moment I didn't put it together, but later I remembered, or looked up, or asked someone, and realized that 'de rien' is what they give you to say in beginning French class for "you're welcome." In fact, the French don't actually have a phrase for this, but 'de rien' means 'of nothing' or not important. So that's why my LJ is 'inconsequentialities' and my website is a 'trivial place' and usually when I need a last name for something online I use 'Nada.'
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