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       A care-giver temporarily in our home offered up her first name as "Maricor"--strange sounding to my ears and Connie's.  She said it was unusual and short for Maria Corazon, which she said was too long hence Maricor.  I guess one could come to love that name. 

       In any case, it's her name and her preference for identifying herself, but Connie and I both loved the sound of the full name, perhaps especially with "corazon" meaning "heart" in Spanish.  Maricor is actually from the Philippines.  Perhaps there are mixed feelings about a Spanish heritage by some Filipinos.