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[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on "Marita"
by mirfak
3/13/2014, 11:31 PM
in reply to a message by Jason Malcolm
It's not made up. It's just a diminutive of Mary / Maria. Maritza is the one that is fairly popular at the moment so it seems to me to be sort of a variant of that. In a standard American accent Marita sounds a lot like Merida (the character in "Brave") and that's sort of a made up name, but I think it's pretty.- mirfak
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- Ismene (Madyson)   +3
3/14/2014, 9:44 AM
See I'd say Marita like, "mer-EE-tuh" ... Like Maria with a 't' in it, nothing like Merida
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- mirfak   +2
3/14/2014, 12:38 PM
It must be me, I must have really sloppy speech. I'd say Mah Ree Ta at first, but if I were talking fast and the name was familiar, I think it'd come out sounding very similar to Merida. Slightly softer D sound.
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- Dracotorix
3/15/2014, 9:13 AM
It depends on how you pronounce Merida. Saying Marita sloppily would be mur-EE-da, but Merida would be MER-i-da based on how it was pronounced in "Brave".
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- Tassiegirl
3/14/2014, 5:55 PM
I say Merida too. And I'm the one that says "winter" with a "t", always. These days, I preface "winter" with "un-ending".
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