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[Opinions] Re: Araminta
It's over-elaborate and pointless, like putting metres of nylon 'lace' on a piece of transparent plastic. Why bother? Presumably because it was part of the 18th century fashion for expanding, Latinising and generally mucking up ordinary names to give them a zingy modern vibe: Maria, not Mary, Lucinda, not Lucy, Sophia people wherever you turned ... but its brief spell of spontaneous life ended centuries ago and I see no need to summon it back from the grave!
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Maria is a much older form than Mary, though, and while Mary is only used in English-speaking countries, Maria is common worldwide. I wouldn't say it has a "zingy modern vibe".
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Maria was the zingy, modern version of Mary in the 18th century. Sorry if that wasn't clear!
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