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Re: Margaret, Marguerite, and Margot
I can't get into Margaret. I don't know what it is, because I like the elements of it - the sounds within it all appeal to me. But I just can't shake the feeling that it's boring. Same with Margot. I want to see it as classy and sleekly chic, which it is, but instead it turns into a disappointing shrug. Marguerite is juuuuust beginning to become pretty to me. I'm starting to play with it as a middle name and that appeals occasionally, so I think I'd pick Marguerite as the version I prefer.That being said, I really love the nicknames Madge and Midge. I might use Marguerite as a first name simply to use those, I like them so much!
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Interesting - I really thought you'd like all three of the names, haha! I don't know how I feel about Madge and Midge just yet, hm.
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Around here, in Delaware, and also in the neighboring parts of Maryland, Margaret Ann is extremely common as a double name for old ladies. Like Norma Jean in Oklahoma. And the local accent slurs Margaret Ann into Mar-Gur-DAN.
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Margaret Ann is hardly much better in terms of boringness, because Ann is another name that leaves me wanting more. I could probably warm up to Margadan as a name though. That would at least make me stop and say "what?"
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