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[Opinions] Re: Augusta
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Augusta Arnold is excellent. Such presence! And Theodora and Augusta are nice together.
I considered Augusta as an honouring name, but wasn't keen on the potential prospect of Gussie; reminds me of gussets. Asta might work as an nn.
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My mother had an aunt named Augusta, always called Gusstie
What she's remembered in the family for, is for planting some very quick growing, and hard to eradicate, bamboo.It would spring out of the frozen ground in April, and be 5 feet tall by June. The plant was known, in family, as "The Curse of Gusstie."
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Great story. Terrible nickname! :D
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