Talk:Bill Dauterive
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[edit] Spelling of name
I can't find an official source for the spelling of Bill's complete name. However, the spelling used by the previous editor ("William Fontaine De La Terre D'auterive") gets 0 hits on Google, and doesn't match the pronunciation used on the show. The previous spelling ("William Fontaine De La Teaur D'auterive") gets two Google hits - one of which is this article. The spelling I've put in is William Fontaine De La Tour D'auterive, which is by far the most common spelling on Google, and which matches the show's pronunciation of the name. If anyone can find an official source for the spelling of his full name, that'd be great...
- Well, the captioning on the DVD sets may be authoritative, but they just muddy the situation further. In the season three episode "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men", the caption spells his name as "William Fontaine Delatur Dauterive", which doesn't match anything here. The official website just lists him as "Bill Dauterive" - no help there. I remember seeing a few books about the show on Amazon a while back, and a couple TV ads for them, but they seem to be out of print now. Maybe one of those books can shed some light on the situation. — EagleOne\Talk 22:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- It is definitely as you currently have it. "De la tour" is French for "of/from the tower," whereas there is no such word as "teaur" and "de la terre" ("of the earth") sounds neither like what he's saying, nor nearly as realistic a French name as "de la tour." In total, then, his translated name amounts to William Fountain of the tower of the upper riverbank. :) 64.231.191.236 04:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
