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| Subject: | Another, perhaps not-so-scholarly take... |
| Author: | Miranda (Authenticated as Randee15) |
| Date: | June 7, 2005 at 11:51:05 AM |
| Reply to: | Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... by Miss Claire |
A Dictionary of First Names, by the Oxford Press, says Isabel is a form of Elizabeth coined by "... deletion of the first syllable and alteration of the final consonant sound to one that can normally end a word in Spanish."
Source: http://snipurl.com/ff78.
EDIT: Fixed italics.
Miranda
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.This message was edited by the author on June 7, 2005 at 11:51:21 AM
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