On: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

[njharman]

Not the same person.

[jodrellblank → njharman]

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

[gjm11 → jodrellblank]

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.

[mpalmer → jodrellblank]

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.

[jodrellblank → mpalmer]

> "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.