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This is driving me nuts! My background:
-In SYWTBAW, Mrs. Callahan comes into the room after Nita is beaten up and tells her to lie down. Mr. Callahan suggests sitting up would help the fluid drain. Mrs. Callahan says, "You weren't beaten up enough as a child, Harry."
-In DW, Mrs. Callahan calls him Harry again, I think while they're on their way to the Moon. Maybe while Nita and Kit are explaining. Possibly when she sees Ed.
-In HW, Tom comes over and dickers with the computer. He says something along the lines of, "Hand me that manual, will you, Harry?"
But in Abroad, Mr. Callahan's sister (Aunt Annie) says, "I'm going to kill Ed," referring to him. He's called Ed another time in that novel, but I don't remember when. What the heck?!
Anybody got an explanation? I think I remember in TWD his name being Harry again...
AML,
A Moonlighting X-Phile
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-In SYWTBAW, Mrs. Callahan comes into the room after Nita is beaten up and tells her to lie down. Mr. Callahan suggests sitting up would help the fluid drain. Mrs. Callahan says, "You weren't beaten up enough as a child, Harry."
-In DW, Mrs. Callahan calls him Harry again, I think while they're on their way to the Moon. Maybe while Nita and Kit are explaining. Possibly when she sees Ed.
-In HW, Tom comes over and dickers with the computer. He says something along the lines of, "Hand me that manual, will you, Harry?"
But in Abroad, Mr. Callahan's sister (Aunt Annie) says, "I'm going to kill Ed," referring to him. He's called Ed another time in that novel, but I don't remember when. What the heck?!
Anybody got an explanation? I think I remember in TWD his name being Harry again...
AML,
A Moonlighting X-Phile
<If all good things must come to an end - than numbers are not our friend!>
<WARNING: I cannot be help responsible for the above, as apparently my cats have learned how to type.>
<'Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for a last ditch defense against any odds, get a mother.' You should recognize that one!>
I know quite a few people who go by their middle names -- I actually had someone call me by mine because she had trouble pronouncing my first name (though I've never really figured out why; neither is that unusual). And I've known people who change what they want to be called, for one reason or another -- but people who got in the habit of calling them one thing tend to keep on, at least occasionally. Maybe he had an Uncle Harry who was close to the family and went by Ed until he decided, "You know, I like my first name better."
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