Calum Benson (calum@division.co.uk)
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 18:51:03 -0000
> I mean - Kenny? And the names given to one-episoders and generally the
> less important characters - Ruby? Bobby? Billy? Raymond? Malcolm?
> Donald?!
>
> OK - they're names, but not (to my knowledge) popular at all
A reflection of Steven Moffat's Scottish heritage, I would say. I went to
school with several Billys and Bobbys, Raymond is certainly not unheard of, and
Malcolm... well, that's what "Calum" is Gaelic for!
Donald is a very Scottish name too, although I can't say I grew up with any--
I'm a lowlander, but it's pretty commonplace in the Highlands.
And Ruby Murray is Glasgow rhyming slang for curry, so maybe Steven had
something else on his mind at the time...
Slainte,
Calum.
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