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#109762 08/11/03 01:29 PM
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With a slight variation in spelling, Madeline is the ;heroine of a very appealing series of children's books
by Ludwig Bemelmans.


#109763 08/11/03 03:38 PM
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Madeleine is the French form of the name Magdalene.

Also, pleurer comme une Madeleine means 'to cry like a baby.'


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And "maudlin" tears are even less acceptable.
Welcome, letterman.


#109765 08/18/03 12:59 PM
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All this talk of madeleine and no mention of Proust?
Comme c'est bizarre!


#109766 08/18/03 01:40 PM
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okay, here: Proust is one of the most stultifying writers it has ever been my displeasure to encounter.


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Yeahbut! Without him a madeleine is only a cookie, n-est-ce pas?



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