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[searlait.livejournal.com]

"Atticus? Oh, like the character from To Kill a Mockingbird?"

The kid's mom gave me a glare! Come on! What do you expect me to connect it with?

Oh, I feel like I should mention that this mom was more middle aged, so it was surprising. I sort of expect a hipster mom to name her kid Atticus, but she shattered that view in my head.

* She actually did name the child after Atticus Finch. I forgot to mention that in my tiredness <3 That's why the glare seemed so out of place.

Comments

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It would have been funny if she said "No! Like the clothing line (http://www.atticusclothing.com/)!"

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

haha theres actually some shirt called atticus finch

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

it IS a rather old name, lolz..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomponius_Atticus

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

He's not the only fictional character or real person to have that name, so I don't think it's necessarily always going to be after the character or that people are always going to make that connection. Plus, it's a legit name outside of the realm of TKAM, so it's like saying that all the Harrys in the world are named after Harry Potter.

[searlait.livejournal.com]

I failed to mention that she answered in the affirmative! Editing post now...

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

I see where you're coming from, but...I wouldn't doubt it's the first thing most people think of, as it's still fairly unusual (unlike Harry/Harry Potter).

[http://users.livejournal.com/chikoli_/]

Heh. Well, maybe she was hoping it would be so original that nobody would ever guess where it came from. :D

[searlait.livejournal.com]

It was an automatic response. She was spelling the name out for me.

[motherpuckett.livejournal.com]

You'd think she'd have seen that coming, though, before she named the kid that.