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From: stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Steve MacGregor)
Subject: Names
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Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 18:08:58 GMT
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According to (*Expletive Deleted*) thedavid@clark.net ():

>My new girlfriend, named Melia (which I assume to be Amelia diminuated),
>doesn't have the "same" name I do after all, at least according to what I
>have here. Amelia/Melia does NOT equal Amy, "beloved," but is Latin for
>"industrious."

  Hmmm...I'd have taken both as derivations of Latin "mel" ('honey').

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