The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

Re:The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West by jodrellblank on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:11PM (#25458357)

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

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Re:The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West by gjm11 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:34PM (#25459392)

Isolated datapoint: I'm in the UK, the Fred & Rosemary West thing happened while I was growing up, and to me "Mae West" very definitely means the actress and not the serial killers' daughter.

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Re:The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West by mpalmer on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:25PM (#25459282)

In that case your point would have been clearer if you said "the name 'Mae West'" instead of referring to the subject of the post.

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Re:The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West by jodrellblank on Thursday December 17, 2020 @05:34PM (#25461408)

> "instead of referring to the subject of the post."

I wasn't referring to the subject of the post.

You don't think it's interesting that you just did the same thing to my comment, that I did to the title of the post? That's fine it's not Earth shaking. Usually famous people have unique enough names, or I've heard of both or neither.

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