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Help[Opinions] Re: Margaret
in reply to a message by Billina
I soooooooo wanted to be called Margaret when I was a teenager - I was crushing on Elizabeth and Katherine and Margaret as timeless queenly names and admired Lady Margaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou.
I can't understand why so many people dislike Margaret and why it's no longer a stable classic like the other two names I've mentioned.
Like the poster Llewella below I also see it as red - specifically a lovely satiny pinkish red crinoline!
Even Princess Margaret's granddaughter was not named Margaret but Margaretta as if Margaret is not quite the name for these times.
However, I probably slightly prefer Marguerite - there was one at school and I met another at work. It can have the nns Daisy or Margot and also any of the Margaret nns.
For Margaret I love the nn Meg but Maggie reminds me of magpie and is not pretty in my view. Meg reminds me of Meg Merrilees. I also like the Welsh short version Megan but it's been entirely spoiled for me by its mega-popularity and the fact that in Australia it's pronounced mee-gan.
Just remembered - there was a Maggie interviewed on the television news about three weeks ago about something that had happened in her little country town - she was a schoolgirl aged about 17 and so beautiful, charming and well-spoken it made me almost like the name! Margie is horrid, though, like margarine. So is Madge!
I can't understand why so many people dislike Margaret and why it's no longer a stable classic like the other two names I've mentioned.
Like the poster Llewella below I also see it as red - specifically a lovely satiny pinkish red crinoline!
Even Princess Margaret's granddaughter was not named Margaret but Margaretta as if Margaret is not quite the name for these times.
However, I probably slightly prefer Marguerite - there was one at school and I met another at work. It can have the nns Daisy or Margot and also any of the Margaret nns.
For Margaret I love the nn Meg but Maggie reminds me of magpie and is not pretty in my view. Meg reminds me of Meg Merrilees. I also like the Welsh short version Megan but it's been entirely spoiled for me by its mega-popularity and the fact that in Australia it's pronounced mee-gan.
Just remembered - there was a Maggie interviewed on the television news about three weeks ago about something that had happened in her little country town - she was a schoolgirl aged about 17 and so beautiful, charming and well-spoken it made me almost like the name! Margie is horrid, though, like margarine. So is Madge!
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