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in reply to a message by Felie
I like Maria and Mary; I gave my first daughter Mary as a mn after my late MIL, whose mn was Maria - Mary fitted better and there are also Mary people in both our family trees.
The problem with Maria where I live is that it shortens to Marie, pronounced MAHri, not maREE. A lot of people are named Maria, but most of them go by either Marie or Mia. Or Ree.
I really don't like the maRIEa version, which seems to be formed by adding an H: Mariah. It sounds ugly to me, which is odd because I like soFIEa very much and soFEEa not at all.
I'm not keen on Moira, Marion or Marian, but I like Marianne enough to use.
The problem with Maria where I live is that it shortens to Marie, pronounced MAHri, not maREE. A lot of people are named Maria, but most of them go by either Marie or Mia. Or Ree.
I really don't like the maRIEa version, which seems to be formed by adding an H: Mariah. It sounds ugly to me, which is odd because I like soFIEa very much and soFEEa not at all.
I'm not keen on Moira, Marion or Marian, but I like Marianne enough to use.
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I have never heard Sofia pronounce as soFIEa before. It's so awkward for me to say, but kind pretty once I manage.
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Technically, I suppose you're right! Sofia is, let's say, a modern Mediterranean spelling and quite rightly sounds like soFEEa. But the Brits use the Sophia spelling and pronounce it soFIEa, just as they used to pronounce Maria as maRIEa; they gave that one up towards the end of the 19th century I think, but they've persevered with Sophia.
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