Thursday, September 27, 2007

Joyeux Anniversaire, Manhattan!


Happy Birthday to Manhattan! Fifteen years old today. We got to meet her last year while we were in France, she is one of the daughters of my cousin. Although we didn't get to share a lot of conversation (I suspect she doesn't trust her knowledge of English), I did entertain her by asking her nonsense questions from my trusty French phrase book, such as, "Do you have a boyfriend?", "I burped", "Did someone fart?", "Are you married?".
Manhattan is a sweet girl, polite, intelligent, gentle and talented. You've probably been mispronouncing her name as I did for so long. Although she was named after the city, her name is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable; as in MAN-a-tan. Not Man-HAT-an. The "h" is silent.
Hope you have a great birthday, Manhattan!

7 comments:

k said...

she is absolutely gorgeous! and i love that name!

Anonymous said...

Merci pour ce très bel article, je suis très touché par ce geste !
Merci pour elle, bisous

Anonymous said...

Merci beaucoup !!! C'est trés gentil d'avoir écrit tout cela.Merci aussi pour les compliment.J'aurais voulu un peu plus parler en votre présence mais c'est vrai que mon anglais n'est pas trés bon.Encore merci.Je fais de gros bisous a tout le monde chez vous.
Manhattan

Anonymous said...

happy birthday Manhattan!!!
c ta cousine Ophélie.... c'est une très belle photo tu es très mignonne!
bisous la miss :)

Anonymous said...

coucou,

ouah mon petit montage photo en ligne aux USA la classe!! Merci beaucoup de l'attention que vous donnez à chacun de nous!! Je vous aime tres fort

Anonymous said...

oups c'était tifenn au fait

k said...

je veux j'ai parle meillure francais, a je comprends toutes les commentes!