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Re: Quadruplets from the 1880's

by Anneza

6/26/2022, 1:07 PM

Adaline looks like a compound: Ada meets Adeline.
Agatha is fine, then and now.
Agnis is a spelling error and not as nice as Agatha anyway; silly to put it in the same sibset.
Alawisha?! Can this be Eloisa in disguise? It looks as if it should sound like a stifled sneeze.

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- Theophania (blaaarg) +1

6/26/2022, 2:19 PM

Spellings were really not very standardized back then.

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 3:36 PM

Yeah, if you ever look at any old records, spellings like Agnis and Alawisha don't surprise you.

- clevelandkentevans

6/26/2022, 1:13 PM

Sorry, no idea why this posted twice.

This message was edited 6/26/2022, 1:14 PM

- clevelandkentevans +1

6/26/2022, 1:13 PM

I think Alawisha must be a phonetical respelling of Aloysia (or Aloisia), a feminine form of Aloysius.

This message was edited 6/26/2022, 1:14 PM

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 3:38 PM

I think you're right.

And I kind of like it, lol.

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