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in reply to a message by Lumia
That's also a good possibility.
I have used Yesenia as an example of a Hispanic-American name that Anglo-Americans know little about in my classes for years. I was very surprised when last year I had some students from Tajikistan in my classes and they told me about the Russian derivation. They said they knew Russian women named Yesenia, and all of them were elderly and born before Vargas Dulché created her character.
It is too bad Vargas Dulché died of cancer in 1999 so we can't ask her how she came up with Yesenia. Perhaps someone will write a biography of her some day that will tell us. :)
I have used Yesenia as an example of a Hispanic-American name that Anglo-Americans know little about in my classes for years. I was very surprised when last year I had some students from Tajikistan in my classes and they told me about the Russian derivation. They said they knew Russian women named Yesenia, and all of them were elderly and born before Vargas Dulché created her character.
It is too bad Vargas Dulché died of cancer in 1999 so we can't ask her how she came up with Yesenia. Perhaps someone will write a biography of her some day that will tell us. :)
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