Kissy Suzuki... What's her REAL name?

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• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,769Chief of Staff

  January 2013

  Ok...better explained this time out...it didn't make too much sense last time out...hence its removal...

  YNWA 97
  
• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Sir Miles wrote:

  Ok...better explained this time out...it didn't make too much sense last time out...hence its removal...

  
  I know I was lazy... But did I really look like a spambot? Well, anyway, here's the point at hand...
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  I'll go with number 217.

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• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,769Chief of Staff

  January 2013

  minigeff wrote:

  I'll go with number 217.

  
  Is that with rice or chips ?

  YNWA 97
  
• NeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Her real name was Mie Hama

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• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Her real name was Phuk Yu, she had a sister, a twin, but I can't remember her name....

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• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Why dont you take my question seriously? Even more so... Why do you take this as an opportunity to insult me!?
  

  NeverSayDie wrote:

  Her real name was Mie Hama

  
  That's the real name of the actress... Not of the character, its quite obvious the character has the nickname "Kissy" but the question remains what's her real name...
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Oh crumbs, another situation outta control.
  
  My previous post was a joke about Austin Powers.
  
  It wasn't meant as an insult to anyone 8-)

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• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  minigeff wrote:

  Oh crumbs, another situation outta control.
  
  My previous post was a joke about Austin Powers.
  
  It wasn't meant as an insult to anyone 8-)

  
  Oh ok... I dunno how I missed it that it was a quote to Austin Powers I guess 'cause I haven't slept...
• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  no answer
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Maybe they're out?

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• Ens007 EnglandPosts: 863MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  minigeff wrote:

  Maybe they're out?

  
  Could leave a message though ?!
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Ens007 wrote:

  minigeff wrote:

  Maybe they're out?

  
  Could leave a message though ?!

  
  Unless the tape's full. Shoulda signed up for 1571....

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• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  This is a silly thread and should be closed - it's clearly a spam post of little worth...

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  This is a silly thread and should be closed - it's clearly a spam post of little worth...

  
  Both barrels!! There's the spirit monsieur shadow!!
  
  Reminds me of this;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0&sns=em#t=1m37s

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• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  minigeff wrote:

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  This is a silly thread and should be closed - it's clearly a spam post of little worth...

  
  Both barrels!! There's the spirit monsieur shadow!!
  
  Reminds me of this;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0&sns=em#t=1m37s

  
  N.B. a silhouette is not really a shadow, just an outline that the sun projects onto.

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• minigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  minigeff wrote:

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  This is a silly thread and should be closed - it's clearly a spam post of little worth...

  
  Both barrels!! There's the spirit monsieur shadow!!
  
  Reminds me of this;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0&sns=em#t=1m37s

  
  N.B. a silhouette is not really a shadow, just an outline that the sun projects onto.

  
  does anyone care? a silhouette is actually technically the outline of..... a shadow. 8-)

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• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Silhouette, you are the spammer, I am making a legitimate inquiry because people who love reading often wonder about the etymology of the characters' names and the reason the author decided to give their character such a name (for instance, its widely known that James Bond got his name after an ornithologist that the author saw in a nearby book about bird watching because he thought the name was unassuming)
• Ens007 EnglandPosts: 863MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Tbh OP I think you'd have a better chance approaching some sort of academic place than on this forum.
  
  Without wishing to sound flippant, I ain't got a clue what's going on in your original post & I'd be stunned if anyone could shed light on this for you here.
• Alex Williams Giddings Posts: 25MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Ens007 wrote:

  Tbh OP I think you'd have a better chance approaching some sort of academic place than on this forum.
  
  Without wishing to sound flippant, I ain't got a clue what's going on in your original post & I'd be stunned if anyone could shed light on this for you here.

  
  Are there no academic people in this forum? I couldn't tell a better place to solve my question than here... In my original post I give a list of names which could justify the nickname Kissy for the mother of James Bond's only child...
• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,769Chief of Staff

  January 2013

  Alex Williams Giddings wrote:

  Ens007 wrote:

  Tbh OP I think you'd have a better chance approaching some sort of academic place than on this forum.
  
  Without wishing to sound flippant, I ain't got a clue what's going on in your original post & I'd be stunned if anyone could shed light on this for you here.

  
  Are there no academic people in this forum? I couldn't tell a better place to solve my question than here... In my original post I give a list of names which could justify the nickname Kissy for the mother of James Bond's only child...

  
  As far as we are aware...Kissy stands for Kissy...full stop. Not short or abbreviated for anything. Sorry.

  YNWA 97
  
• Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Alex, if you're unfamiliar with Japanese pop culture from the 1950's-1960's, it actually wasn't THAT uncommon for someone in an "American" related profession to have an English language nickname (like baseball and truck-driving on the masculine end of the spectrum and modelling and being a sex symbol on the feminine end, the latter of which the novel version of Kissy Suzuki was involved in). I can't say I'm familiar with the latter, but the former? Well, consider the case of Iron Man Inao (a.k.a. "Inao Iron Man"). He was a baseball pitcher and a very good one. He was known for fantastic endurance; hence the moniker "Iron Man", by which he was known in the papers (albeit transliterated into Japanese). His actual given name, "Kazuhisa", was not widely published in the Japanese baseball magazines. What I'm trying to say, I suppose, is that Kissy's "American-related" profession might have her take on "Kissy" as a nickname that has absolutely zero to do with her given name, which has never been revealed.
  
  Hope that helped you.

  By the way, are you gonna eat that?
• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  minigeff wrote:

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  minigeff wrote:

  
  Both barrels!! There's the spirit monsieur shadow!!
  
  Reminds me of this;
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0&sns=em#t=1m37s

  
  N.B. a silhouette is not really a shadow, just an outline that the sun projects onto.

  
  does anyone care? a silhouette is actually technically the outline of..... a shadow. 8-)

  
  Well then why are you making so big a song and dance about it?
  
  Shadows and silhouettes are not the same thing. End of,

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Alex Williams Giddings wrote:

  Silhouette, you are the spammer, I am making a legitimate inquiry because people who love reading often wonder about the etymology of the characters' names and the reason the author decided to give their character such a name (for instance, its widely known that James Bond got his name after an ornithologist that the author saw in a nearby book about bird watching because he thought the name was unassuming)

  
  Post deleted.
  
  I apologise. This post was a bad mistake. Mea culpa.
  
  Please continue with your thread...no hard feelings?

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,769Chief of Staff

  January 2013

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  Alex Williams Giddings wrote:

  Silhouette, you are the spammer, I am making a legitimate inquiry because people who love reading often wonder about the etymology of the characters' names and the reason the author decided to give their character such a name (for instance, its widely known that James Bond got his name after an ornithologist that the author saw in a nearby book about bird watching because he thought the name was unassuming)

  
  If you knew what the hell you were talking abot it wiould be a start. Here's some etymology for you - Fleming named Pussy Galore that name as "pussy" is crude slang for "vagina". Kissy - I wonder what deep meaning that name has? Yeah, go figure...but to hazardc a guess, it might have something to do with KISSING?
  
  No one understands this inpenetrable thread by a troll with 12 posts. This thread was deleted first time and it should be closed nowcas no one on here (or probably anywhere short of this side of the Planet Pluto knows what the hell you're going on about.) I don't think that you even really know yourself!
  
  How very dare you of accusing me of being a troll - you don't even know me. I think you're more troll-like and aggravating that any other single member of this site with your whole big 12 posts!
  
  This is for a specialist Japanese translation forum - not for a general James Bond forum like AJB007. I suggest you take your thread and yourself elsewhere to find amn answer to this frankly pointless discussion... -{

  
  I think you are being a tad over dramatic...and rude...
  
  The original question isn't that hard to understand....perhaps it wasn't asked or explained too clearly mind...but still understandable....and not requiring this sort of reply....however justified you may feel.

  YNWA 97
  
• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Yes, sorry, I take most of that back - bad day. I still think it's a wild goose chase, though!

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,769Chief of Staff

  January 2013

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  Yes, sorry, I take most of that back - bad day. I still think it's a wild goose chase, though!

  
  That's as maybe...but treat other as you expect to be treated.

  YNWA 97
  
• The Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  I have no problem with the OP's post and believe his enquiry is sincere and valid. The long list of Japanese characters has obviously thrown some people for a loop, but I can see little reason for him to be thought of as a spammer...unless those Japanese words are actually a subliminal advertisement for Viagra. Considering that we have pages and pages and pages of discussion and investigation into which pair of socks Daniel Craig wears in one blink-of-an-eye shot, I think a discussion into the etymological origins of Kissy Suzuki are fair enough!
• Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Did anyone catch my post explaining why it may not be even related to her own name? As I said, being a glamor actress in Japan during the 1950's was viewed as an "American" profession. Hence, you'd get an "American" (English language) nickname. This was common to all professions viewed as "American". I also found that in some cases, they would just write out the Kanji for the family name and then print the nickname in the Roman alphabet. I found a publication, for example, that literally made reference to "稲尾 Iron Man" as a descriptive of Kazuhisa "Iron Man" Inao thanks to his success on the baseball diamond (another "American" profession). Inao was probably the best and the best known of the "nickname only" ballplayers in Japan during the 1950's-1960's, so I'll stick with using him as an example. For all we know, the fictional Kissy Suzuki could have literally rendered her name as "鈴木 Kissy". Her given name could be anything; there's nothing in the Bond canon that tells us what it may actually be.

  By the way, are you gonna eat that?
• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,851MI6 Agent

  January 2013

  Sir Miles wrote:

  Silhouette Man wrote:

  Yes, sorry, I take most of that back - bad day. I still think it's a wild goose chase, though!

  
  That's as maybe...but treat other as you expect to be treated.

  
  I'm sorry Sir Miles and to the post author. I was bang out of order. I just don't like to be called a spammer by someone who's already had their post deleted. An massive over-reaction on my part.
  
  Now, please get on with your thread...

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).