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My perception of Clara seems do be different from all of you guyses. Interesting, interesting, interesting! There is something a little snarky about Clara to me. Not the gutless simpering Cara or the flighty self-indulgent Claire, but cool, clumsy, slightly clunky, slightly cowish, slightly old-lady Clara. Cl- is a very old noise: Clarence, Claribel, Clyde, Clement. Claire is the only name where it's fashionable, and Clementine lately. Objectively it is a very awkward syllable. And the turning around of the tongue after the ar-, after you have already done a bit of twisting to get "clair" out - I dunno. And all of this packed into five letters. Clara's got surface delicacy, maybe, but I think she's got a lot of depth.

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interesting interesting! I will respond to more soon. :D