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in reply to a message by queenv
I like them both, but see them as totally different names.
Mary is classic and biblical. It has many links and connotations that Merry just doesn't have.
Merry is an adjective and therefore a word-name.
I do say them the same, but I would not consider them alternatives to each other. I think that someone wishing to use the name Mary would think that Merry cheapens the integrity of the historical Mary.
However, I think that someone who would like Merry, would not consider using Mary anyway.
I find them both to be lovely names in their own right, but prefer Mary as a full name and Merry as a nickname for something like Meredith, Meriwether, Merrion, Merrit, Merril or Merla (etc).
I also think of Lord of the Rings.
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"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
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Mary is classic and biblical. It has many links and connotations that Merry just doesn't have.
Merry is an adjective and therefore a word-name.
I do say them the same, but I would not consider them alternatives to each other. I think that someone wishing to use the name Mary would think that Merry cheapens the integrity of the historical Mary.
However, I think that someone who would like Merry, would not consider using Mary anyway.
I find them both to be lovely names in their own right, but prefer Mary as a full name and Merry as a nickname for something like Meredith, Meriwether, Merrion, Merrit, Merril or Merla (etc).
I also think of Lord of the Rings.
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"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
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