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in reply to a message by RoxStar
do you keep correcting it to Alex? It's a medieval name, I'm not just messing around with the spelling for fun.
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This message was edited 4/21/2016, 8:58 AM
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On a girl it looks kre8yv, and it sounds exactly the same as Alex, and in Ye Olden Days spelling wasn't standardized and most ordinary people couldn't read or write, so whatever.
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"so whatever"
Take it you don't like being caught out? It's medieval French, not medieval English, and it is not a form of Alex. It's Alice. And since when have you had an issue with creative spellings anyway?
But yeah, whatever.
Take it you don't like being caught out? It's medieval French, not medieval English, and it is not a form of Alex. It's Alice. And since when have you had an issue with creative spellings anyway?
But yeah, whatever.
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I don't care what language it comes from. It sounds just like Alex and looks just like a creative version of it, and in fact the one Alix I ever knew used it as short for Alexandra.
Alix being a form of Alice and not Alex is not important today in any context except a linguistic/scholarly one.
Alix being a form of Alice and not Alex is not important today in any context except a linguistic/scholarly one.
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Sure it's important, it's as important as the distinction between Elena and Alaina.
I learned about Alix not so long ago, too. I find it helps to remember it this way, to keep Alex and Alix separate in my head:
Alix : Alice :: Beatrix : Beatrice
Now you know, the Alix you knew was just ignorant. But you don't have to be, anymore. Yay. This is a good thing. Right?
I learned about Alix not so long ago, too. I find it helps to remember it this way, to keep Alex and Alix separate in my head:
Alix : Alice :: Beatrix : Beatrice
Now you know, the Alix you knew was just ignorant. But you don't have to be, anymore. Yay. This is a good thing. Right?
This message was edited 4/21/2016, 3:11 PM
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I don't think she realizes that it's related to Alice, not Alexander.
Though Horatio and Alexander would make a good pair of brothers...
Though Horatio and Alexander would make a good pair of brothers...
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