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[Opinions] Re: Mamie
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I'm much more of a purist when it comes to names that started as nicknames than most people are---for instance, I hate to see Jack on a birth certificate--and Mamie started as a nickname for Mary, so for that reason alone I wouldn't approve of it as a given name. And that aside, I find it ugly and childish and slightly ridiculous.
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I agree that it does sound childish as a given name. But I guess Mamie Eisenhower must have thought differently.
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Well, her parents did, at any rate.
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