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in reply to a message by Perrine
Didn't Lord Mounbatten - the last Viceroy of India - name one of his daughters India? That has always seemed odd to me: could be a respectful tribute of course ...
Asia is quite simply ludicrous. I mean to say, India is huge and diverse enough, and it's only one part of Asia! The visual image of a rose, say, is easily associated with a human bearer, and lots of people are more keen on city names and topographical names than I am, but the sheer scale of a whole continent (or, like India, subcontinent) makes it actually imprecise as a human name.
I like Maria very much, in the right context. We chose to use Mary instead of Maria, which was my late MIL's mn, as a mn for our daughter because her other names are very English. And also for the rhythm. It's very common here in South Africa, though we don't have a large Catholic population. Most Maria people are Afrikaans-speaking, and most of them are Calvinists!
Asia is quite simply ludicrous. I mean to say, India is huge and diverse enough, and it's only one part of Asia! The visual image of a rose, say, is easily associated with a human bearer, and lots of people are more keen on city names and topographical names than I am, but the sheer scale of a whole continent (or, like India, subcontinent) makes it actually imprecise as a human name.
I like Maria very much, in the right context. We chose to use Mary instead of Maria, which was my late MIL's mn, as a mn for our daughter because her other names are very English. And also for the rhythm. It's very common here in South Africa, though we don't have a large Catholic population. Most Maria people are Afrikaans-speaking, and most of them are Calvinists!
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