The Name thing

POSTED BY: GinoBiffaroni
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 03:59
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GINOBIFFARONI

Sunday, June 26, 2005 2:05 AM

Was just over at IMDB flipping around and found a list of character names for the BDM...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/

Nathan Fillion .... Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
Gina Torres .... Zoë Warren
Alan Tudyk .... Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
Morena Baccarin .... Inara Serra
Adam Baldwin .... Jayne Cobb
Jewel Staite .... Kaylee Frye
Sean Maher .... Dr. Simon Tam
Summer Glau .... River Tam
Ron Glass .... Shepherd Meria Book

Hoban ??? no wonder the poor bastard goes by Wash

Meria Book... I wonder if this is a reference to Beria, the guy who ran the NKVD for Stalin

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0807165.html

Really makes me want to know more about our good Shepard

When my eloquence escapes you
My logic ties you up and rapes you

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LAILING

Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:05 AM

That's funny, because when the IMDB page on Serenity first went up, Wash's name was credited as "Wash" Warren (same last name, obviously, as Zoe's). So, do they now figure that Zoe kept her maiden name?

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R1Z

Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:23 AM

That's SHEPHERD Book

shepherd —n. 1 (fem. shepherdess) person employed to tend sheep. 2 member of the clergy in charge of a congregation. —v. 1 a tend (sheep etc.). b guide (followers etc.). 2 marshal or drive (a crowd etc.) like sheep. [Old English: related to *sheep, *herd]

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BASSGRAVI

Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:38 AM

In the episode shindig, if I'm not mistaken, Kaylee was announced as something like Kaywinnith Lee Frye.
Or does that not count?

HILDY

Sunday, June 26, 2005 4:02 PM

Well, according to some baby name sites I've checked, Meria is a African name meaning rebellious one. It's also a girl's name.

SIGMANUNKI

Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:38 PM

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Originally posted by bassgravi:
In the episode shindig, if I'm not mistaken, Kaylee was announced as something like Kaywinnith Lee Frye.
Or does that not count?

Might have been the announcer guy adding some flavour.

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SPOONGIRLTRINITY

Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Might have been the announcer guy adding some flavour.

Well, if you IMDb Firefly, Jewel Staite is listed as playing "Kaywinnit Lee 'Kaylee' Frye." So I guess her real name is Kaywinnit. What a bizarre name.

Shepherd's first name isn't listed in the IMDb for Firefly, either, just for Serenity. And Wash's first name is listed, although I don't remember ever hearing anyone call him by it.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, June 27, 2005 5:10 PM

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Originally posted by spoongirltrinity:
So I guess her real name is Kaywinnit. What a bizarre name.

Not all that much when you consider that there is no rule that you must use a preexisting name.

My cousin named her daughter Meleka. Ashamed to say I don’t know how she spells it, but the point is the name didn’t come from anywhere. It is just what she came up with.

Considering that my cousin named her daughter while under the influence of hormones and pain I think it’s amazing she came up with a name as normal sounding as "Meleka."

For every Meleka there must be at least one with a stranger name, and names can get much stranger than “Kaywinnit.”

STEVETHEPIRATE

Monday, June 27, 2005 6:23 PM

Story told 'round here has a mom giving birth to twin boys and naming them - pronunciation - O'RON'juh'low and Luh'MON'juh'low. Orangelo and Lemonjelo. Orange Jello and Lemon Jello.

Yeah. Hormones. Glad my wife and I already have a name picked.

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BATMARLOWE

Monday, June 27, 2005 8:16 PM

The first time I heard that story was 1979.

And isn't Meleka Fray's first name? Or is it Melaka?

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