Wednesday, 26 November 2008

By any other name...

Shakespeare said in Romeo and Juliet that "a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet", but if you think about it, is it really true? Would Halle Berry still be attractive if her name was Butch? Or maybe a guy you think is cute, if you found out his name was Elizabeth, would that ruin the whole effect? Or maybe an adorable baby would be repulsive if you named it something like Bladder. No, I think Shakespeare is wrong. Names are important to the overall attraction. Absolutely.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

yes...very thought provoking indeed...what if I was named Beatrice or Olga? Or Helga? But do you think that people can get past names when they get to know someone named Oolah?
--Sarah Lu