Any French Speakers? Help me name my boat.

[patcox2]

I have just fulfilled a lifelong dream by buying a substantial boat, one worthy of a significant name. I am agonizing over the name, it must be just right. And it must have a lot of meaning packed in few words.

Here's some of what must be present in the name:

It must be in french; my wife and I had our honeymoon in France on a canal boat and became convinced we were french in a previous life. And it pisses off conservatives.

It must reflect that this is a second marriage for both of us and that together we rediscovered love and happiness after long and unhappy relationships. On this point I am drawn to a word from the director of a movie called Marius et Jeannete, a story of middle aged, damaged people who rediscover love together, who said "it is necessary to reenchanter the world", so "Reenchanter" is a contender.

When I fell in love with my wife I had to drive across a long causeway across a salt marsh estuary every day to see her and I associated the sight of the thousands and thousands of dancing reflections of the sun on the waves with her. In the poem Cemetiere Marin, there is a line, "Mille et mille idoles du soleil," which is also a contender.

There is also Raison de'etre, tres bien ensemble, Panache, savoir vivre, bateau livre, but none of these have the whole gestalt of what I am feeling.

Any french speakers have any suggestions? For the name of a boat that is a culmination of a love story that began with the dancing of the sunlight on the waves and rescued two unhappy people from unhappy lives, bringing unexpected hope and joy and the discovery of a shared love of france and water and boats and life on the water? This is the kind of compression of meaning only present in poetry, I think.

[Dookus]

1. Deuxieme Amour

second love - for you and your wife, AND the boat is now your second love

[KissMyAsscroft]

2. Damn...I thought mine was good.

I was going to bust out some gold, but I think that is pretty damn good!

[patcox2]

6. Awesome suggestion, but can I ask?

Your suggestion makes me think, is there a french expression equivalent to "second chance?"

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. That's the first thing that came to mind for me too...

Great minds think alike!

[smiley_glad_hands]

3. How about just plain old "C'est La vie"

or "La Verite de L'Amour" or something like that

[KissMyAsscroft]

5. There are about 2,000 shrimp boats named that..lol.

I have seen that name quite often. It's a good name though.

[supernova]

4. Mille soleils

or "1000 suns" sounds wonderful...

What a lovely story; thanks for sharing.... B-)

It gives me hope for the future for a second lasting romance.

[patcox2]

16. How to combine them? A thousand suns, a second love?

nt

[supernova]

28. Mille Coucher de Soleil romantique

"A Thousand romantic sunsets"

Who cares if it's the second time? You will know; that's all that's important.

[patcox2]

Please, tell me,

Would it be grammatical simply to juxtapose, "mille soleil, deuxieme amour"?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

39. Well

it's not a sentence, exactly, but you're not writing a sentence. I like it.

don't forget the final 's' in soleils though

or you could say: mille soleils d'un deuxième amour -- thousand suns of a second love
or
deuxième amour d'une mer des soleils - second love from a sea of suns - too long, I think

[patcox2]

56. Mille soleils, un amour?

NT

[Feanorcurufinwe]

60. Yes I like that better

it sounds better, and it flows better conceptually

[patcox2]

41. Just curious, what is the name of Depp's boat in Chocolate?

That movie is important to my wife and I as well.

[supernova]

47. The Boat in Chcolat

I don't know. He doesn't say. Nice idea though. :-)

It's a beatiful movie and I always watch it when I need a lift.

[HEyHEY]

7. ce'st fou

[patcox2]

9. Its madness?

nt

[HEyHEY]

13. Or it's crazy

I believe...my friends in Quebec used to say it to me, and I always assumed it meant crazy

[JohnLocke]

8. "Une Deuxième Vague D'Océan"??

[patcox2]

11. Sorry to display my ignorance, but

Translate please, I only read french poetry in translation, which is sad.

[JohnLocke]

18. It means "a second ocean wave."

[burythehatchet]

10. plus jamais seul

[supernova]

12. "Never alone anymore"

I like it! :toast:

[burythehatchet]

37. thanks...no longer alone, actually

[patcox2]

57. Sounds like Vonnegut, which novel was that?

nt

[JohnLocke]

14. "Deuxièmes Chances Chanceuses"? -- lucky second chance

[patcox2]

20. Fantastique! Read more, my friend

My wife works for a french firm. This firm manufactures gaming equipment; dice, cards, chips. This reference to "chances" is more appropriate than you could know.

[JohnLocke]

23. wow -- awesome!

:toast::yourock::toast::yourock::toast::yourock::toast:
:toast::yourock::toast::yourock::toast::yourock::toast:

[TNDemo]

15. Amour en France

[loftycity]

17. Does the boat already have a name? If it does don't change it.

[kcwayne]

19. Liberte

(the last e has an accent). French for Liberty

[patcox2]

24. We have considered "frites libertes"

But would rather reflect the love a and spiritual than the political, good idea, though, and thank you.

[kcwayne]

29. Amour Libre

"Free Love" That would piss off the freepers!

[TexasProgresive]

32. Lots of good names

But Liberte - The land that gave us Lady Liberty - the fries are just a perk.Or Liberté, Égalité et Fraternité Oh! What about La Jour De La Bastille. You could launch an invasion on Gitmo. Sorry got carried away with my own wacky sense of humor.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. douceur de vivre

It means "The sweetness of life"

[Warpy]

22. Don't look at me

I got euchered into designing my high school French Club's moneymaking venture for the school fair, a candy story.

I named it Les Poubelles.

Nobody caught on.

[JohnLocke]

26. LOL (nt)

[patcox2]

27. For those who love france but know no french, please translate!

nt

[Feanorcurufinwe]

38. Garbage.

Every sounds nice in la belle langue.

[patcox2]

31. I sure haven't caught on, what is it? NT

nt

[saigon68]

25. AMOUR POUR TOUJOURS

LOVE FOREVER

IT RHYMES and ONLY 3 WORDS LONG !!!!!!!!

Le meilleur à vous et à votre jeune mariée

[Mr_Lefty]

30. Freedom Fries

Just kidding....

[patcox2]

33. Many great suggestions, thanks to all, please keep them coming.

My wife and I are thrilled by all these wonderful, thoughtful and witty and wise suggestions, please, anyone who feels they understand and think they can put it in words, give it a try. Merci beaucoup, all.

[supernova]

34. Developing a desire to listen to Vanessa Paradis

:hi: all of a sudden.

[On the Road]

35. You Could Call it "Sabotage"

meaing roughly "how old is your boat?"

Or "Chateaubriand", meaning "your hat is on fire".

Or "pied a terre", implying that the plumbing's broken.

:evilgrin:

Or, more seriously:

"Le Feuilleton," collection of sketches (as in your memories or your life)

"Le Felicite" or "La Bonheur", both meaning "happiness."

[Feanorcurufinwe]

36. mer des étoiles - sea of stars

mer des soleils - sea of suns
danse des étoiles - dance of stars
soleil dansant - dancing sun
milliard d'étoiles - a billion stars

[JVS]

40. Poutine

[Feanorcurufinwe]

42. I don't think this is quite the image he's trying to evoke

[patcox2]

43. Its not, but so many have come so close, we are amazed.

Seriously, many thanks to all for some wonderful suggestions, there are a few here which have vaulted over any of the ideas I have had and become serious contenders. I appreciate all of your ideas very much. Thank you all.

[JVS]

44. looks tasty

[HjalmarPoelzig]

45. I saw a license plate the other day,

MON CUL

[Feanorcurufinwe]

61. LOL

[Rhiannon12866]

48. I like Raison d'etre, but that's just my opinion

How about Joie de vivre? That also seems fitting. Cheers and congrats!:toast:

[cap]

49. there's always renaissance...

and you two will know the French derivation meaning rebirth....

mille soleils is nice, too.

deuxieme chance -- 2nd chance

deuxieme vente -- 2nd wind

l'audace -- audacious

le defi francais -- French Defiance

[mouse7]

50. Le Boat

Renault made the LeCar. Makes sense to me.

[GumboYaYa]

51. "Les Passions" kinda covers it all.

[Canuckistanian]

52. Savoir Aimer

[Canuckistanian]

53. La Deuxième Vie

[Frederic Bastiat]

54. Coeurs amoureux?

I think this one is your best bet, it also sounds very pleasant to the ear when pronounced well.

[patcox2]

55. Its going to be one of these. We are amazed by the responses.

Is french inherently romantic and poetic, or are there so many poets and romantics here?

Truly impressed by these suggestions, better than we have been able to come up with in weeks of thinking. Douxieme Chance is a strong contender, as is Mille Soleils (my spelling is as bad as my pronunciation. Also mer de etoiles and mer de soleil. I am looking up translations for some.

Any way to play with Mer de amour and get the sun into it?

Thanks again.

[Rhiannon12866]

59. I think it would be d'amour

since vowels placed together merit an apostrophe. Sorry, but you want to get this right. Sounds heavenly to me. Bon chance, LOL!:D

[Feanorcurufinwe]

64. How about

Mer d'amour brillante - sparkling sea of love

[BurtWorm]

58. Folie à Deux

means literally craziness for two and describes a condition in which two people share an insane view of something. Usually describes ordinary folks who talk themselves into committing a crime together. I know this sounds negative, but I think it's kind of edgy and cute at the same time.

[bikebloke]

62. Reve de Soliel

"Dream of the sun". Though you might want to check the grammar. My French is self taught on the hoof.

[NashVegas]

63. "Quelle Chance" - what a stroke of luck!

or some variation of that

[arwalden]

65. "Le Meow"