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Offline fernly

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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2006, 10:02:52 pm »
Hey Leslie,
I was thinking...Annie said she didn't invent any names, just looked in newspapers, etc....Monroe's a grocer, probably belongs to the local Chamber of Commerce...googled Wyoming Chamber of Commerce...got Lander's C of C, which includes Riverton.  There're a lot of names, (unusual sounding and not), whether for Monroe or any future characters.
A few that caught my eye - Birkle, Brace, Trautman....
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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2006, 10:04:52 pm »
Birkle?    That's perfect!    Definately quirky enough!

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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2006, 11:57:38 am »
Wow, fernly, that's very resourceful!  Are there any clues from inside Monroe's grocery store in the film? Any signs or anything that might provide a clue?  I've never thought about this problem before.  I'll think about it tonight when I watch the movie again.

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Re: The name Monroe contest!
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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2006, 04:12:11 pm »
Well, so what's the verdict after all the input?

"Fisk" sounds awfully New England to me, MaineWriter.  ;)

If it isn't too late, I'll put in my two cents for something like "Dunlap."

Monroe Dunlap.

Hmm, if you don't use that one, maybe I will, as I may have a need to give him a name.

Or, I like to make little plays off the story. In the AP original, the grocer's name is Bill, as in "I'm goin' a yell for Bill!" at Thanksgiving. How about something like Monroe Bilson, or Billings, or Billups?

Hmm, maybe I ought a use one a those!
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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #25 on: April 16, 2006, 05:08:13 pm »
In the short story, his first name is Bill:

"I'm goin a yell for Bill."   

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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #26 on: April 16, 2006, 07:02:22 pm »
Hmmmm, liking Billings, with Jeff's rationale...

Monroe & Alma Billings

that might work...
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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2006, 07:05:31 pm »
Billings?    No, that has a "Montana" sound to it.   At least Dunlap is boring like the character Monroe. 

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Re: The name Monroe contest!
« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2006, 09:56:43 pm »
At least Dunlap is boring like the character Monroe. 

Thank you, David! That's exactly what I was getting at!
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