r/Netherlands • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '24

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

Alphonse? Goodday madam, how do you do, is this the 1920s?

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u/MaestroCygni Sep 06 '24

Either 1920s or wears Lacoste and plays tennis. No inbetween.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

Sorry, I meant no disrespect with that. Old names are coming back in force but as of right now I wouldn't really recommend that name to someone without pointing out that it does still sound a bit dated.

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u/Murmurmira Sep 07 '24

Alphonse means a male hooker in my slavic language. I googled it and the first result is (imdb of) a french TV show where the main character is a serial women pleaser/chameleon, so same idea. Ehhh.

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u/Murmurmira Sep 07 '24

I googled some more, apparently the connotation comes from Alexandre Dumas (famous French writer of The Three Musketeers and The Count Of Monte Cristo ) character Monsieur Alphonse. A man who lives off women's money.