Hmmm...
Apparently, Charles Adolphe Faux-Pas Bidet was a real person with a somewhat unfortunate last name.
posted by e-kvetcher at 11:25 AM
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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2 Comments:
The surnames (Faux-pas, Bidet) probably date from the Napoleonic period. Many odd names were invented to frustrate the imperial bureaucrats. Names which later became permanent.
What a faux-pas that was.
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