> Please tell me more than if you like them or not. WHY?
I've always wondered why people think that hearing a stranger with unknown taste say "I hate it!" or "I think it sounds ugly!" is actually helpful. Of course, maybe they don't want to be helpful.
Lana - I think of Lana Turner (whom IMDB references as "the sweater girl"), and get a sort of vintage pin-up image from this one. Now, to be honest, I have never seen any of Lana Turner's movies, so I wanted to learn a little more to see if maybe I might not be giving her enough credit here. When I went to IMDB, I read about "seven marriages, affairs almost too numerous to mention, a long bout with alcoholism and the famous incident where her gangster lover, Johnny Stompanato, was killed by her daughter...," etc. Oh dear. Even the part of me that finds vintage things charming was pretty disenchanted by this point.
Tessa - I don't have any feelings one way or the other about this one. I am wondering if I might prefer it as a pet form (pre-emptive boot to the head to anyone who thinks seriously about suggesting "contessa").
Fiona - For your name geek side: history of usage of the name (http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/fiona.shtml).
Deirdre - The name itself doesn't jump up and grab hold of me (blame long-time soap actress Deidre Hall for that), but the legend is terribly, tragically romantic. So I would admire its usage, just as I would admire the usage of Isolde or any semi-obscure heroine if I knew the namer had chosen it with the legend in mind.
Ada - I still don't understand how people can be so besotted with Ava and Aidan and have a bad reaction to Ada. After all these years, it can't be a bad reaction to "The Piano." I associate it with Ada Lovelace, of computer fame.
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Date: 2006-12-06 06:15 pm (UTC)I've always wondered why people think that hearing a stranger with unknown taste say "I hate it!" or "I think it sounds ugly!" is actually helpful. Of course, maybe they don't want to be helpful.
Lana - I think of Lana Turner (whom IMDB references as "the sweater girl"), and get a sort of vintage pin-up image from this one. Now, to be honest, I have never seen any of Lana Turner's movies, so I wanted to learn a little more to see if maybe I might not be giving her enough credit here. When I went to IMDB, I read about "seven marriages, affairs almost too numerous to mention, a long bout with alcoholism and the famous incident where her gangster lover, Johnny Stompanato, was killed by her daughter...," etc. Oh dear. Even the part of me that finds vintage things charming was pretty disenchanted by this point.
Tessa - I don't have any feelings one way or the other about this one. I am wondering if I might prefer it as a pet form (pre-emptive boot to the head to anyone who thinks seriously about suggesting "contessa").
Fiona - For your name geek side: history of usage of the name (http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/fiona.shtml).
Deirdre - The name itself doesn't jump up and grab hold of me (blame long-time soap actress Deidre Hall for that), but the legend is terribly, tragically romantic. So I would admire its usage, just as I would admire the usage of Isolde or any semi-obscure heroine if I knew the namer had chosen it with the legend in mind.
Ada - I still don't understand how people can be so besotted with Ava and Aidan and have a bad reaction to Ada. After all these years, it can't be a bad reaction to "The Piano." I associate it with Ada Lovelace, of computer fame.