[Taxacom] proper use of "de" in a French name

[Curtis Clark]

On 2008-04-08 05:50, Jean-François Molino wrote:
> Hans
> Actually, the case of Simone de Beauvoir is quite demonstrative:
> In French, when her her first name is omitted, the "de" is dropped 
> altogether. She is called "Beauvoir", and not only when starting a sentence.

Likewise in Irish, it is my understanding that when one calls Turlogh Ó 
Carolan by his last name, one writes "Carolan".

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