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HelpRe: I really feel I shouldn't like it, but...
in reply to a message by Mareasi
There's something about the sound of it that just makes me want to roll my eyes. The Saff sound, the silent P, the hot sound of FIRE. It's not quite as insufferably expensive-sounding and spoiled-sassy as Saffron, but almost. It puts on such a glittery air. It sounds like a pseud for an author of bodice-rippers or sex manuals.
It's not that it's a gem name - I think Diamond and Emerald and Ruby are all namey enough and not like this. Even Amethyst is better than Sapphire. It's just the sound and look of Sapphire, that makes me twitch.
How about Sapphira. Sa-FEE-ra. It still kinda makes me go "spare me!" but I think it's namier.
It's not that it's a gem name - I think Diamond and Emerald and Ruby are all namey enough and not like this. Even Amethyst is better than Sapphire. It's just the sound and look of Sapphire, that makes me twitch.
How about Sapphira. Sa-FEE-ra. It still kinda makes me go "spare me!" but I think it's namier.
This message was edited 3/24/2013, 2:15 PM
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it's very theatrical...
The only two people I ever heard of who use this name both chose it for stage/pen names:
SaFire, who had a hit in the eighties with a song called "Thinking of You." Very pretty song, actually. Her real name is Wilma.
Sapphire, who wrote the imo very overrated book Push, which was made into the movie Precious. Her real name is Ramona. On Wikipedia she says she chose the name Sapphire because it called to mind a "belligerent black woman." How she came up with that I don't know, it just calls to mind a bright blue jewel to most people.
The only two people I ever heard of who use this name both chose it for stage/pen names:
SaFire, who had a hit in the eighties with a song called "Thinking of You." Very pretty song, actually. Her real name is Wilma.
Sapphire, who wrote the imo very overrated book Push, which was made into the movie Precious. Her real name is Ramona. On Wikipedia she says she chose the name Sapphire because it called to mind a "belligerent black woman." How she came up with that I don't know, it just calls to mind a bright blue jewel to most people.
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I agree about the book, It seemed groundbreaking atthe time because of it's profanity, violence and shock factor. The movie seemed to be deeper than the book, oddly...
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I didn't see the movie but I did read the book. I just didn't like Precious very much even as I got to know her. It's not enough to feel sorry for a character, I have to like them at least a little bit.
There's a sequel about Precious's son after she dies of AIDS. From reading the reviews and such it appears that Sapphire's main schtick is having horrible things happen to her characters and also having them do horrible things. It's almost like she is sadistic or something.
There's a sequel about Precious's son after she dies of AIDS. From reading the reviews and such it appears that Sapphire's main schtick is having horrible things happen to her characters and also having them do horrible things. It's almost like she is sadistic or something.
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Yes, I agree. The movie version of precious made her more of a victim becoming an overcomer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_(author)
There actually is an author (pen) named Sapphire. She writes graphic stuff, but not very romantic at all. Just thought it was funny that you would say it sounds like a pen name. :-)
There actually is an author (pen) named Sapphire. She writes graphic stuff, but not very romantic at all. Just thought it was funny that you would say it sounds like a pen name. :-)
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