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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Née? Do english speakers use "born" in french as a substitute for formerly?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's used for indicating someone's maiden name usually, just tongue-in-cheek I wager by whoever wrote the title.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean yeah in france it is, don't you use born in english?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes, but in more official writing (like a bio or even Wikipedia) we'll use née. Just another word the English language stole from other languages 😂

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