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aavoigt.bsky.social
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7 days ago
"Jessica" being a character in a Shakespeare play is hysterical to me
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legalkimchi.bsky.social
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7 days ago
Is this related to the tiffany problem?
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aavoigt.bsky.social
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7 days ago
In that they are both “modern” names that are actually centuries old, yes!
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legalkimchi.bsky.social
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7 days ago
Yes. "The tiffany problem" is the name of that weird non-anachronism.
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finchmund.bsky.social
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7 days ago
iirc merchant of venice is the first example of the name being used! so he may have invented it
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aavoigt.bsky.social
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7 days ago
That's where I found it, in a list of Shakespearean names! Wikipedia says that there may have been variations on it since antiquity, but it is extremely funny that Shakespeare invented the name of every 10th millennial woman in the US
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