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[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

What do you think about the name Sappho?

Do you immediately think of the Greek poet? Is it inseparable from lesbians (and is that a bad thing--bullying etc.)?


How do you pronounce it? Sap-foh or Sah-foh? I like the second one.

Comments

[fivepoints.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it the second way. And I immediately think of the poet and lesbians. Not that that's a bad thing. I doubt someone would get much teasing because of it - no one I know knew of Sappho or the content of her work until high school at the earliest, many not until college.

[sal_amanda]

All of this was my thought exactly.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

This is what I was thinking as well. To me the connection is instant and obvious, but I doubt most high school bullies would have a clue (still I suppose only one needs to know for it to be an issue lol).

I don't much like it as a name though, not my style.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

this exact comment. *nods head*