Does anyone know what this name is short for? There's an ad on the sides of buses here in Chicago for DJs named Opie and Anthony. And there was Opie who was played by Ron Howard.
Is it just the initials O.P.? Or is there an actual name that has the nickname Opie?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
My best friends dog was named Opie. But it was intentionally short for Opium. He was living in Hong Kong at the time, the site of The Opium Wars.
Isn't there a Hebrew name "Ophnie?" Thats a possibility.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I thought 'opie' was some sort of derogitory slang for white people, or country people, or something? I'm probably wrong.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Vonk, only as it relates to being like the character Ron Howard played on "The Andy Griffith Show"
Star Lisa--O. P. == Optimus Prime
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Isn't there a Hebrew name "Ophnie?"
quote:OPIE. This appears to be a Cornish name. The family owned barton (?) of the manor of Lancarffe or Lancoff, held of the honor of Bodmin, or of S. Petrock, in the 15thC.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Isn't there a Hebrew name "Ophnie?"
There is?
I think he's thinking of Chofni. It's usually transliterated as Hophni.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah!
Anyway, I checked 20 names sites, and a one had ever heard of Opie.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by starLisa:
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Isn't there a Hebrew name "Ophnie?"
There is?
I think he's thinking of Chofni. It's usually transliterated as Hophni.
I think thats it Lisa, thank you for the correction.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
I know who those people of which you talk of are...weird, though, that you'd hear of them all the way over there ^^.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
quote:I think he's thinking of Chofni. It's usually transliterated as Hophni.
[crazy Mormon apologist] ...which is a...er...cognate of Hopi, which is an Indian tribe, which proves the Book of Mormon is true![/crazy Mormon apologist]
Had to get it out there.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
The Ron Howard character's "real" name was Opie; it wasn't a nickname. The radio guy calls himself Opie because of a supposed resemblance to Howard.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Could it be Opus?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I like the initial idea. O and P are his initials, but since he doesn't like, or can't say his full name, the initials became what he was called.
OP--Oligarch of Pansfanistan. Russian gangster/ruler/crooked business man who has enough money that he can hide from Putin by being a 1950's tv Character.
OP--Octavius Plutarch, last in line for inheriting the title Emporer of Rome. If it comes out the assasins will show up.
OP--Optimus Prime was disguised as a little red-headed kid in North Carolina hills. When he transformed, it was, like, gross.
OP--Oswald Purvis. Would you want to be called Oswald Purvis.
OPP--Mid-90's rap song. ("Who's down with OPP? That's you and me!") Drop the last P because, hey this is the 50s and North Carolina, and they don't PP in either place.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :