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Re: Dora
by Anneza
6/25/2021, 9:59 AM
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
I prefer Laura, and then Nora. Dora ... I don't find it attractive at all. Btw, my mother knew a Deborah who always went by Dora!
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- Dianatiger   +1
6/25/2021, 10:08 AM
Oh that's kinda cute, Deborah nn Dora is better than Deborah nn Deb imo. Deb is just frumpy.
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- Anneza
6/25/2021, 1:14 PM
Dora, full name Deborah, was a Jew, so would presumably have been familiar with a pronunciation something like d'VORa. That seems to lead more convincingly to Dora than the usual DEBora, for which Deb is pretty inevitable as a nn.
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