'Malcolm' means Serenity.... by KinroeDarkstone

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'Malcolm' means Serenity....

POSTED BY: KINROEDARKSTONE
UPDATED: Saturday, March 15, 2008 14:29
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Friday, March 14, 2008 7:32 AM

...in Vulcan! Well ain't that a nodd to Firefly. I was watching an episode of Enterprise on SPIKE Channel called "Shuttlepod One", in which Tucker and Lt. Reed are seperated from the Enterprise and hope to get to a relay station before their air runs out.

During a dream sequence, Lt. Reed finds himself and Tucker in the Sick Bay. T'Pol comes on to him because his Heroics in saving them himself and Tucker. Reed says he never liked his name, Malcolm. T'Pol says that Malcolm, or Mal-comb, means Serenity in Vulcan! How awesome is that!!

*sign* Just need to sit down now...a bit woozy.

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Mal: Cry Baby cry.
Wash: Make your mother sigh. Engaging the CryBaby.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 9:48 AM

PHYRELIGHT

I hate to rain on your parade, but memory-alpha.org says that mal-kom may not really mean "serenity" since it was defined in a dream sequence (it's a little more than half way down this page: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Vulcan_language). But on the other hand, the little fangirl in me really wants to believe that it's true!

And, creators of many of the different sci-fi series are often fans of one another (i.e.-Mal was influenced by Han), so I wouldn't be too suprised if they did that on purpose.

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 9:56 AM

MOOSE

If I remember right, that Enterprise episode aired before Firefly started up.

ETA: It aired Feb. 2002

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Friday, March 14, 2008 10:15 AM

PHYRELIGHT

I just checked the air date, and you're right! Huh. That's really interesting!

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 12:37 PM

KINROEDARKSTONE

Huh! Maybe the writers were in a temperal rift and saw Firefly in the future...*slaps himself*
Too Trekkie!

No matter what the circumstance is, I think it's Shiny.

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Mal: Cry Baby cry.
Wash: Make your mother sigh. Engaging the CryBaby.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 1:05 PM

PHYRELIGHT

If that was true, I wish they could have figured out a way to prevent Firefly's cancelation before they got out of that rift. Oh, well.

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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Friday, March 14, 2008 1:56 PM

FOLLOWMAL

I know this has no bearing on the Vulcan translation, although I have to admit I like the Vulcan translation... :-) But for info's sake...

From this page:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/forenames/blnames_lm.htm

Quote:
Malcolm
Derived from the Gaelic "maol Caluim" meaning "follower of the dove" (meaning Saint Columba), there have been four kings of Scotland bearing the name Malcolm.

Sounds sorta peaceful and serene, huh?

I found this interesting as well

From this page:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanmalcolm.htm

Quote:
The Malcolm/MacCallum clan motto is "In ardua tendit" which means "He has attempted difficult things".

Sounds like our Cap'n. ;-)

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Friday, March 14, 2008 4:35 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

And Mal is bad....in the Latin.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM

FOLLOWMAL

Quote:
Originally posted by NCBrowncoat:
And Mal is bad....in the Latin.

*giggle*

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Friday, March 14, 2008 4:42 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

"giggles back"

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:11 PM

FLORALBUNNY

*more giggling*
You're all so studious!
A whole spare bunk full-up with e-books and Cortex devices, and the sounds of "Oh" and "H'mmm"
and hilarity issuing forth...
Where will we put the extra guests?

bun
Frisky Browncoat
...not to mention soft contented-llama noises...

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:29 PM

PHYRELIGHT

Quote:
Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
And Mal is bad....in the Latin.

I knew someone was going to bring it up eventually!

LOL!

Darksiders can keep their cookies. We have better writers.

Grrr. Argghh.

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