Maria is not exactly a British name.....
Well, it has been anglicized from many backgrounds, actually. Also, if she's of any other lineage, there's always an eventual emigration.
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USAGE: Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
I would like to add: It is also used in South East Asian/Middle Eastern countries (pronounced, Ma- ri -a), root being the mother of the Islamic prophet, one and the same Christians refer to as the mother of Christ, Mary* (Hebrew: Miryam).
and she totally sounds like JA... maybe a touch *nicer*, but only because she hasn't been outed to have any lengthy record of deception under her anonymous belt...
I am wondering if I should sign up to Beth Karas' site...
I know that Hope and others have really shed a lot of light into his ordeal but... I think someone said it before, there are things you just can't translate well enough. I had a hard time doing that myself when trying to convey what was in the material I read. Lol