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kinda tickled that the starring character's name is Leah


My name is Leah too. I know that sounds incredibly lame... but there aren't a lot of movie/TV characters with the name. I mean, it's a miracle even finding my name on one of them souvenir keychains or mugs or whatever lol.

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I: That's straight up gangsterrrrr!
B: It's gangsta! GANGSTAAAA!!

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one of my beat friends is called Leah...and she has the same problem. but in the uk her name is prenounced Lee, not leia!

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You seem to forget the most famous! Princess leia! from Star Wars!

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I'm pretty sure they named her Leah because, in the book of Genesis, that was the wife Jacob had to marry in order to get Rachel, the wife he loved. So the name Leah brings to mind the woman who had to marry someone who didn't love her because of a tradition. Just like the movie.

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Hey there! Great background info!

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My mother's name was Leah; when she remarried I picked up an Aunt Leah (they already used the British "Lee" pronunciation, anyway - and in High School, I had a classmate named Leah. A Trifecta?

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