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I like it. It's a little stodgy, but charmingly so. I just love its eighteenth century flavor. And no, I don't think Marty is at all inevitable. In fact, it's never even occurred to me as a nickname for Martha. Martha has had some nicknames -- Mattie, Patty, and Patsy -- but these date from the eighteenth century, when Martha was so common that nicknames had to be found to differentiate between the girls and women named Martha. I don't think any nickname is even likely these days.