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in reply to a message by Paul B.
Well, I had to look those two up, so it really wouldn't make much of an impact in this country.
But in the US, naming somebody Adam Walsh or Elizabeth Short might or might not jog people's memory. (I'm not including JonBenet, Ramsey or otherwise, since her first name was a direct invention from her father's name and not likely to be used by anybody else.)
More problematic would be names of people famous for other reasons. There's probably a good few Elizabeth Taylors and Michael Jordans running around, but I think it's dumb to do that when there's so many other names to choose from. It makes you look either obsessed or clueless.
I know for a fact that there's two actresses named Vanessa Wiliams. Vanessa L. Williams is the more famous one, and she started using L. after the other Vanessa Williams got famous. And there was a beer expert (dead now) named Michael Jackson who made light of it by calling himself the King of Hops.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
But in the US, naming somebody Adam Walsh or Elizabeth Short might or might not jog people's memory. (I'm not including JonBenet, Ramsey or otherwise, since her first name was a direct invention from her father's name and not likely to be used by anybody else.)
More problematic would be names of people famous for other reasons. There's probably a good few Elizabeth Taylors and Michael Jordans running around, but I think it's dumb to do that when there's so many other names to choose from. It makes you look either obsessed or clueless.
I know for a fact that there's two actresses named Vanessa Wiliams. Vanessa L. Williams is the more famous one, and she started using L. after the other Vanessa Williams got famous. And there was a beer expert (dead now) named Michael Jackson who made light of it by calling himself the King of Hops.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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