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HelpRe: Harper vs Harlow
in reply to a message by mirfak
I thought Harper was referring to Harper Lee? - in a 'look everyone, I read a BOOK in shcool!' kind of way
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Yeah, it did - but now it's so trendy I think it doesn't anymore. Check out the "namesakes" for Harper http://www.behindthename.com/name/harper/namesakes - it includes some title characters in childrens/YA books. The comments mention another one, too. And it's a celebrity baby name.
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I don't think Jean Harlow is a bad namesake, per se. She was more intelligent than people realized, and a sweet person, by all accounts. Everyone loved her. I can see her screen image being a problem, though, but even that doesn't rub me the wrong way. She was platinum blonde and sexy and all that, but she was also independent. Her movies were pre-Code, so the characters she played were considered edgy, for the time. And now I'll stop rambling, because this doesn't really mean anything, lol.
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