You put too much faith in the literacy of the average college student.
In my junior college days, I worked in the computer lab and one day, one of my co-workers brought her young daughter to work. The daughter’s name was Aja and she was named after the Steely Dan album. Aja knew that she was named after the album, but, of course, she had no idea about the original meaning of “Steely Dan.” Nor did her mother. I told her mother. I did not tell the daughter, but I made certain that she knew that I had told her mother. So, for the rest of her visit, I got to hear her repeatedly ask, “Mommy, what does Steely Dan mean?”
