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[Opinions] Re: Belinda
I was fully convinced for a very long time that Belinda wasn't a real name. It seemed to be a name that I encountered in, like, school readers, or in word problems in math textbooks. I still associate it with not being a name actual humans give their child - it strikes me as, I don't know, false?I don't love any of the -linda family of names: Linda, Melinda, Belinda, etc. They just don't strike my fancy.
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I agree! Belinda really does sound made-up even though it's not and has been around for generations. Definitely a math word problem type of name. Belinda has 2,000 cookies to make for a bake sale on Saturday. She has only made 300. How many more cookies does she still need to make? Or something like that. 🤣