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Thtwudbeme

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10. My family was French

Reply to Emile (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 19, 2022, 03:53 PM

Aug 2022

And, I hope this makes you laugh--- but I very well remember my great grandmother talking about Emile so much that when my sister and I were little, she named her foster duckling "Emile."

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Where the Crawdads Sing [View all] Emile Aug 2022 OP

I listened to the audiobook, thought it was a pretty good story, Ocelot II Aug 2022 #1

Doesn't matter, book is so inaccurate unc70 Aug 2022 #2

Interesting - I'm not familiar with the area so I wouldn't have caught the inaccuracies, Ocelot II Aug 2022 #3

Prsonally, no. However. . . werdna Aug 2022 #4

Six of us went to see it last week. jimfields33 Aug 2022 #5

I read the book quite some time ago, Callalily Aug 2022 #6

I liked the movie. I have an AMC Stubs membership avebury Aug 2022 #7

I am from NC- and I think your name is interesting! My great great grandfather Thtwudbeme Aug 2022 #8

Emile is a French name. My grandfather was Dutch Emile Aug 2022 #9

My family was French Thtwudbeme Aug 2022 #10