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Clarinda
by Billina (RDNZL)
12/7/2018, 11:15 AM
What do you think of Clarinda?Would you ever use it? Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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- noel (glaucous)
12/8/2018, 6:29 AM
I like Clare and Glinda / Glenda, but with Clarinda, the rend sound bothers me. If I really wanted an elaboration of Clare, I'd prefer Claremonde or some variation of that.

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- queenv
12/8/2018, 5:39 AM
I don't know why, but it seems clunky to me. I say, "I don't know why", because it's not that different from Melinda, is it, and I don't find Melinda clunky. But as Billy Joel said, "There doesn't have to be a reason anyway."
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- Anneza
12/8/2018, 12:23 AM
I really like Clare, so Clarinda seems needlessly ornate; plus, it hasn't been remotely fashionable since the 18th century! Which tells me something about its durability and charm ...
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- autumn23
12/7/2018, 5:14 PM
It's cute, not my style. Maybe for a character.
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- RoxStar   +2
12/7/2018, 2:34 PM
She sounds like Margibelle's airhead sister.
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- Billina (RDNZL)   +1
12/7/2018, 4:29 PM
Margibelle and Clarinda:
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- Anneza
12/8/2018, 12:27 AM
Yes!When I was much younger, there were elderly identical twin sisters in this town who used to dress identically (in pink!) and were never seen apart. These are not they, but clearly they were not alone in the universe.
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- Felie
12/7/2018, 12:15 PM
Hi Billina !!!I prefer Clorinda to Clarinda.Clorinda is a tragic, important character in Italian poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' written by Torquato Tasso in 1581. Probably the name Clorinda was created by him.Clarinda seems just a cutesy and quite snobbish form of Clara.

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- Wordsmith
12/7/2018, 11:17 AM
I love it! It's whimsical and dignified. I'd consider using it, yes.
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