What does Odo name mean?
T. Dirk Killebrew
I know it means nothing in cardassean, but
it was originally a two part name.
Wrangler
In article <31BEC1...@asgna.com>, "T. Dirk Killebrew" <td...@asgna.com> wrote:
>I know it means nothing in cardassean, but
>it was originally a two part name.
According to Odo himself, when he was brought to the station, the Cardassians
required the Bajoran scientists to label everything clearly in Cardassian, so
they would know what the scientists were working on. Having a strange sense
of humor, they labeled Odo "odoitam," which is Cardassian for "nothing." Soon
after, they made this into a Bajoran sounding name -- Odo Etam.
Steve Cagigas
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Bryan Derksen
Wrangler (wran...@dnaco.net) wrote:
: In article <31BEC1...@asgna.com>, "T. Dirk Killebrew" <td...@asgna.com> wrote:
: >I know it means nothing in cardassean, but
: >it was originally a two part name.
:
: According to Odo himself, when he was brought to the station, the Cardassians
: required the Bajoran scientists to label everything clearly in Cardassian, so
: they would know what the scientists were working on. Having a strange sense
: of humor, they labeled Odo "odoitam," which is Cardassian for "nothing." Soon
: after, they made this into a Bajoran sounding name -- Odo Etam.
Actually, it wasn't out of humor; the Bajorans labelled Odo as
"Unidentified Sample" in Bajoran, which was then translated into
Cardassian as "nothing". Just like VCR instructions, some of the meaning
was lost in translation :)
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BandedFox
In article <4pqgst$2...@pike.dnaco.net>, wran...@dnaco.net says...
>According to Odo himself, when he was brought to the station, the Cardassians
>required the Bajoran scientists to label everything clearly in Cardassian, so
>they would know what the scientists were working on. Having a strange sense
>of humor, they labeled Odo "odoitam," which is Cardassian for "nothing." Soon
>after, they made this into a Bajoran sounding name -- Odo Etam.
>
>Steve Cagigas
>wran...@dnaco.net
>Finger wran...@dnaco.net for PGP Public Key
I hear that in Latin, "odo" means "I hate". This may have been some production
thing. I don't know, maybe the show's designers hated the character, or maybe it
was since he's so gruff.
Banded Fox
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T. Dirk Killebrew
DEBernardo
Don't know if there is any correlation, but there was a medieval cleric
named Odo. That's probably the derivation of the name, if not the "Star
Trek" rationale/explaination.
AndyCorv
In article <31C562...@asgna.com>, "T. Dirk Killebrew"
<td...@asgna.com> writes:
>> >According to Odo himself, when he was brought to the station, the
>Cardassians
>> >required the Bajoran scientists to label everything clearly in
Cardassian,
>so
>> >they would know what the scientists were working on. Having a strange
>sense
>> >of humor, they labeled Odo "odoitam," which is Cardassian for
"nothing."
>Soon
>> >after, they made this into a Bajoran sounding name -- Odo Etam.
>>
Close, but not quite.
When Odo was brought to the station they labeled him Odo Etal, which
they translated as "unknown sample." However, Odo Etal literally means
"nothing." Later his name was shortened to Odo.
Andy
andy...@aol.com
Frodor
It is a cardassian word. It is a shortening of the name they gave odo.
I believe the name meant unkown. In reality it was the name of
one of the casts stuffed animals.