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Post by Elphaba of the West on Jan 4, 2005 19:02:26 GMT -5
The Wicked Witch's name was derived Elphaba was based on the name for the author of The Wizard of Oz. L. F(rank) B(aum). L-F-B = Elphaba.
I didn't know that...
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defyingravity11
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Post by defyingravity11 on Jan 4, 2005 21:59:08 GMT -5
yah, i think it's so cool! it's like a tribute to him, but wasn't her name (elphaba) in one of the oz books?
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Post by Fiyercrow on Jan 5, 2005 11:02:23 GMT -5
yah, i think it's so cool! it's like a tribute to him, but wasn't her name (elphaba) in one of the oz books? I'm fairly certain it's entirely made up by Maguire... sort of like the name Wendy, which wasn't a name until James Barrie made it up for Peter Pan. That's what I've read a number of times, anyway. But it does make me wonder... has anyone named/will name their daughter Elphaba? It would be so cute to have a little Fabala running around somewhere! Fiyercrow |
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Post by StageFiyero on Jan 5, 2005 12:46:21 GMT -5
There's an athlete named Elfi... I forget her last name. And Glenda - not Glinda, but with an E instead of an I - is a real name, so I'm sure there's someone with that name somewhere. Nessa is an actual nickname for Vanessa and it's also a name all on its own, so, again, I'm sure that with all the people in the world, there's a Nessa out there too!
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Post by defyingravity11 on Jan 5, 2005 15:55:42 GMT -5
someone on the wicked on b'way board has a teacher who named her daughter elphaba!!
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Post by DefyingGravity12 on Feb 3, 2005 17:11:19 GMT -5
Actually if you haven't noticed, even the stress on EL-pha-ba has significance. It's like DOR-othy, which was Greg Maguire's original intention. But it also works with MARG-ret HAM-il-ton. Kinda cool, no?
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Post by defyingravity11 on Feb 3, 2005 17:26:07 GMT -5
Actually if you haven't noticed, even the stress on EL-pha-ba has significance. It's like DOR-othy, which was Greg Maguire's original intention. But it also works with MARG-ret HAM-il-ton. Kinda cool, no? yea! Gregory wrote that in his little intro on the cd and program  |
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Post by DefyingGravity12 on Feb 3, 2005 19:41:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I figured you'd probably know that already, but just in case, I posted it.
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Post by Emeraldgreengirl on Apr 14, 2005 14:44:14 GMT -5
My nickname for awhile has been Elphie, not exactly sure how that started.....
Anyway I know of a few people named Glinda, they are all over 30 years old.
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Post by stars in the sky on Apr 14, 2005 17:27:30 GMT -5
There's a play on Broadway at the moment (or is it Off?) called Dessa Rose, and the title always makes me smile  |
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Post by imperfectly_green on Apr 14, 2005 19:12:40 GMT -5
I heard of that, and instantly thought of Nessa Actually, I read the back of a book in which one of the main characters was named Nessarose-was that a pre-existing name? |
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Post by DefyingGravity12 on Apr 22, 2005 21:06:36 GMT -5
yah, i think it's so cool! it's like a tribute to him, but wasn't her name (elphaba) in one of the oz books? It's definately not in one of the Oz books. I'm one of those freaks who has read about all of them! (and I'm not kidding when I say just about all of them!!!) |
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