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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.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
Alix being a form of Alice and not Alex is not important today in any context except a linguistic/scholarly one.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
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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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