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Posted by Transmute Jun on 10-08-2010 at 14:10:
What is Chief Anderson's Name?
I was chatting with someone and the topic of Chief Anderson's first name came up. It was wryly suggested that perhaps his parents had had a premonition and named him 'Chief'.... but of course there are much more interesting ideas than that.
Why do we never learn the Chief's first name? Maybe it's something totally unsuited to his position, like 'Bubba', or perhaps it's something totally unpronounceable... Or maybe his first name is 'Zark'! After all, they had to name the robots after someone...
Any other thoughts?
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Posted by Madilayn on 10-08-2010 at 14:51:
Have you noticed in BotP that "authority" figures never do get given first names?
Chief Anderson
Colonel Cronus
President Kane
And many others who appear only once!
As for his name - love Bubba!! It sort of ties in with the other discussion thread about Anderson's background too.
Perhaps it's something totally embarrasing like Cyril or Algernon...
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Posted by meridianday on 10-08-2010 at 15:42:
Gaylord....
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Andrew
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Posted by RIgirl on 10-08-2010 at 15:58:
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That's good...
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Posted by Springie on 10-08-2010 at 16:10:
I've seen "David" crop up several times...it seems to fit...
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Posted by Ladygalactor777 on 10-08-2010 at 16:53:
Ain't his name is Kozaburo Nambu?
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Posted by Ladygalactor777 on 10-08-2010 at 16:55:
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My mistake on Spanish version they named Dr. Nambu chief Anderson
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Posted by amethyst on 10-08-2010 at 17:21:
LG, Chief Anderson is also what Nambu's character was renamed in BoTP.
Anderson then became Kane.
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Posted by clouddancer on 10-08-2010 at 17:58:
I think I have noticed John crop up as well, although maybe not as often as David.
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Posted by Ladygalactor777 on 10-08-2010 at 17:59:
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 10-08-2010 at 18:52:
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It actually took me a secon to get this... good one!
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Posted by amethyst on 10-08-2010 at 21:14:
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It could explain why his first name is never used.
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Posted by clouddancer on 10-08-2010 at 21:27:
Okay, I bite? Am I the only one here who feels I am missing out on something? Or am I the only one who is not getting the "joke"?
Maybe it is a "Canadian" thing.
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Posted by amethyst on 10-08-2010 at 21:30:
I'm not Canadian. Born and raised Californian. But could you imagine having to go through school as Andy Anderson?
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 10-08-2010 at 21:56:
There's a trend towards naming children with the diminutives of proper names. So far, in Georgia, this seems to be prevalent among African-Americans, so there are grown men whose names are Willy and Tommy. (My sample is small, admittedly, but it's there.)
In 1978, it was still possible to hear adults refer to each other by Title + Surname. For BotP, the scriptwriters might not have considered it necessary to give the 'adult' characters first names. Unlike the live-action shows kids watched, there are no personal moments to hang first names on.
So far, in the fics, nobody's saddled Anderson with a really embarrassing first name. I went with 'Peter' in mine because I hadn't seen it used. For the IF, when nobody could remember if they'd given him a first name, I thought of 'Matthew' (which then made a perfectly good middle name when someone found 'John').
BTW, his accent is all wrong for 'Bubba.' Trust me. Springie can confirm: you know you're in the South when campaign posters not only use the name 'Bubba', it's not always in quotation marks.
In New England and parts of the South, a child might be given the mother's maiden name as a given name. (I think, in the South, that's more an upper-class custom. However, since I am not native, I will not swear to it.) This can work very well, or produce oddities.
Some names are perfectly good, but have gotten 'nerd' or 'sissy' connotations over time. Percival was a knight of the Round Table, and in some stories, the one who found the Grail. Roger is derived from Hrothgar. Edgar, Edward, and Edwin are all Anglo-Saxon names with warrior origins. I'm pretty sure that 'Gaylord' is not as sissy in origin as it sounds.
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Posted by clouddancer on 10-08-2010 at 22:27:
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Ahhh, now I get it. Thank you
(Since I do not shorten names, I have always hated it in my own name, I never think of these things.)
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Posted by amethyst on 10-08-2010 at 22:31:
UW, that practice of diminutives has been around for awhile in my opinion.
I had an aunt who refused to name her children with long winded names that would only be used in formality or when in trouble. Instead of Kimberly, the girl was Kim (though she was often called Kimmy), and instead of Kathleen or Kathrine, the younger girl was Kathy.
Some cultures aren't bothered by the e sound at the end of names, Hispanic is one I know of for certain. I think African-American is similar, but my experience with that ethnic group is limited.
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Posted by clouddancer on 10-08-2010 at 23:01:
And yet I would have said my friend from Mexico said that women tend to have names that end with a vowel where as men have names that end in a consonant.
Maybe I misunderstood though, because I believe she said her father was Armando, ending with a /o/, and she was named after him Armandina. Maybe the /a/ /i/ sound is considered feminine and the /o/ /u/ sound is masculine. *shrug*
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Posted by nuni on 10-08-2010 at 23:04:
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I really like the idea of last names as first names. I once knew a guy named "Mason." Pretty cool name. Not sure if it was his mother's maiden name, but he told me it had been a last name that was in the family.
Plus, I kinda have a crush on Anderson Cooper.
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