本帖最后由 choi 于 10-14-2013 07:49 编辑
Tré Miller Rodríguez, A Husband Lost, a Daughter Found; After a spouse's heart attack, finding solace on Facebook and a surprising 'friend.' New York Times, Oct 13, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/1 ... daughter-found.html
Excerpt in the window of print: Once I clicked the chat, Laurie's profile page loadedand I realized exactly who she was.
Note:
(a) What does the writer's first name mean?
(i) ¡Tré!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A1Tr%C3%A9!
("the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the third and final installment in the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy, a series of studio albums that were released from September to December 2012")
(ii) In Spanish and Italian languages, respectively, the number "3" is "tres" and "tre" (from Latin trēs).
(iii) tré
"1 Icelandic (noun; from Old Norse tré): (botany) tree, wood (material);
2 Neapolitan (cardinal number): three"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tr%C3%A9
(2) her book:
Tré Miller Rodríguez, Splitting the Difference; A heart-shaped memoir. Kindle, March 5, 2013. |