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in reply to a message by Lala
Well, I'm in Catalonia, but for that matter it's the same.
There are lots of women here named Maria, but there are also LOTS of women with a double name, and it is usually Maria something. And mostly, or they go for both, or they go by the second. That's why most Maria-something have shortened it to Mª and the other name!
For example: my mother is Maria Teresa, and my aunt, Maria Pilar. But only my grand-parents or very close family call them by the whole name, they go mostly by Teresa or Teia, my mom, and Pilar my aunt.
Weird thing, really!
Eva
There are lots of women here named Maria, but there are also LOTS of women with a double name, and it is usually Maria something. And mostly, or they go for both, or they go by the second. That's why most Maria-something have shortened it to Mª and the other name!
For example: my mother is Maria Teresa, and my aunt, Maria Pilar. But only my grand-parents or very close family call them by the whole name, they go mostly by Teresa or Teia, my mom, and Pilar my aunt.
Weird thing, really!
Eva
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you're en lo cierto, Eva
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