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HelpRe: How strong is Chandler's connection to the sitcom character?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
Well, this depends on whether one was a fan of the show, and there would be different %'s of persons who watched that show a lot depending on what generation oneself is from as well as other demographic factors.
I was born in 1951 and am too old to have paid much attention to "Friends" when it was on. As a name expert I certainly know that the character on "Freinds" was responsible for the rise in use of that name while the show was on. I would suspect that people who were born during or just after the show's original run would often associate the name with the guys their own age they know named Chandler instead of the character, even though those guys would have had their names inspired by him.
As my best friend is a big fan of the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and discusses it with me frequently, I actually first think of the actor Chandler Massey, who plays the character Will Horton on that show, when I hear the name.
I was born in 1951 and am too old to have paid much attention to "Friends" when it was on. As a name expert I certainly know that the character on "Freinds" was responsible for the rise in use of that name while the show was on. I would suspect that people who were born during or just after the show's original run would often associate the name with the guys their own age they know named Chandler instead of the character, even though those guys would have had their names inspired by him.
As my best friend is a big fan of the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and discusses it with me frequently, I actually first think of the actor Chandler Massey, who plays the character Will Horton on that show, when I hear the name.
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