Thursday, February 01, 2007

This'll work

CHRIS
Reading, huh?

ANITA
Hmm? Oh, yes.

CHRIS
Hi, Anita.

ANITA
Oh. Yeah.

CHRIS
Anita. That's a nice name.

ANITA
Mmm. Thanks.

CHRIS
Anita.

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You know the...ah, what's the word I'm looking for...

ANITA
Mmm.

CHRIS
Not the meaning, but...like the origin, kind of, but related specifically to words...

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You know?

ANITA
No.

CHRIS
Hmm. Well anyway, you know what your name means?

ANITA
I don't, actually.

CHRIS
It's an old Hebrew word, meaning "Diane."

ANITA
Is that so.

CHRIS
Yeah. Uh, I'm kind of--etymology! That's--is that it?

ANITA
Maybe.

CHRIS
I think so, but I'm not sure.

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So, uh, my name is Christopher.

ANITA
I know that.

CHRIS
My full name, though. It means "Christ bearer."

ANITA
Oh, that's nice.

CHRIS
Yeah. People don't think of it as "Christ-opher." They usually say it real fast, like "Chris-topher."

ANITA
Mmm hmm.

CHRIS
Christ means "Christ." And Opher means "Bearer."

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The logical extension of that being--uh--that to oph, means to bear. Or that oph just means bear. Which is probably where the word oaf comes from.

ANITA
Oh.

CHRIS
Meaning, someone who's large and clumsy and--vulgar and--bearlike.

ANITA
I--

CHRIS
Bear-esque if you will! Heh. Heh heh.

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I knew a girl named Anita in high school.

ANITA
Oh my.

CHRIS
Yeah, she wore glasses, though.

ANITA
Did she.

CHRIS
Did I say that very loud? I feel like I--

ANITA
No louder than...et cetera.

CHRIS
Do you wear glasses?

ANITA
Have you ever seen me wear glasses?

CHRIS
Hmm...nnnooo...but I don't see you all the time.

ANITA
It feels that way, doesn't it.

CHRIS
Oh boy, I'm late.

ANITA
Wow.

CHRIS
OK, so...

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