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[Facts] Re: a challenge of sorts...
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Lena
(guest)
5/17/2001, 6:37 PM
in reply to
a message by Mike C
About the name
Maja
: It may come from the goddess
Maia
, but in Sweden it was also a nn for
Maria
. For instance
Maria
Kristina
was called Maja-Stina for short. Later
Maja
was considered as a formal name. Nowadays the nn for
Maria
is
Mia
.
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Nanaea
5/17/2001, 6:44 PM
You can always TeliaNet, but you can't Teli 'er much...
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