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Are other readers as surprised as I am to see this modern euphemism no fewer than four times in an article dealing with the distant past? Apart from the fact that an interest isn't a person, using this phrase repeatedly (as if it's only available option) suggests that Maid Marian's some ditzy character from "Sex in the city". In any case, I can't imagine anyone (unless perhaps they live in California?) introducing their boyfriend or girlfriend with the words "I'd like you to meet my love interest....". Maybe the writer was trying to be humorous, but the general tone of the article is serious.213.127.210.95 (talk) 13:42, 9 August 2016 (UTC)Reply
Some things don't change. The promoters of the Robin Hood legend may have felt that there should be a female role in the story, whether just a romantic image or a major supportive character with significance. Valetude (talk) 23:01, 27 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
213.127.210.95 appears to be (correctly) concerned in his recent edits with correct English usage. So it's a pity he didn't change 'love-interest' to something more appropriate. I'm not going to do it myself here, because I've had a surfeit of correction work for the time being, some of it very serious, even cases of vandalism. In the past, Marian would have been described as Robin's 'lady-love,' or 'sweetheart' - but these are now old-fashioned terms. Describing her as his 'lover' might give the wrong idea. In any event, she has no authentic place in the original Robin Hood ballad legend, so it hardly matters. As Thomas Percy noted back in the 18th Century, 'whoever this lady was' she didn't belong there. That's what the screenwriters of Errol Flynn's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" originally thought as well, but they weren't allowed to jettison her. Should it really concern bother today except myth-freaks like Stephen Knight? (Oh dear! Did I really say that? And I was hoping for a quiet life.) O Murr (talk) 19:50, 14 October 2019 (UTC)Reply
Erratum: For 'concern bother today' (above) please read 'bother anyone today'. Why is it possible to edit comments on Amazon and YouTube but not on (the English) Wikipedia? O Murr (talk) 19:58, 14 October 2019 (UTC)Reply
