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Old 25-04-2015, 11:07
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Just had a look at the cast list for 4/5/15 and it showed a Bex Fowler character, I wondered who this was until I saw Jasmine Armfield was playing her. Guess instead of reverting to Chloe, Rebecca decides on Bex....

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tvgwd

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Old 25-04-2015, 11:15
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Bex doesn't sound very gothy. She should have called herself Hades or something.

Seriously, it annoys me more than it ordinarily would. Just seems like change for the sake of change but then DTC does whatever the hell he wants anyway, the tosser.
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Old 25-04-2015, 11:17
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Bex is a shortened version of Rebecca. It's not a character being renamed
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Old 25-04-2015, 11:26
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It suits her.

My son was always trying out variations of his name in his teens...confusing at times, but harmless.
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Old 25-04-2015, 11:26
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Bex is a shortened version of Rebecca. It's not a character being renamed
Well it is though isn't it? If she is now going to be referred to as Bex and not Rebecca then it is a renaming of the character. In the same vein that Sue Branning was renamed Suzy and Christopher Hanley was renamed Kristopher.

I never liked the name Rebecca, it was too clunky for my liking, so I was excited when it looked like she was going back to Chloe, but that would have been even more of a disrespect to her adopted parents. So I think Bex is a lovely compromise, this will be where she starts to grow into her own character.
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Old 25-04-2015, 11:28
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So much for going back to Chloe...
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Old 25-04-2015, 11:37
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Well it is though isn't it? If she is now going to be referred to as Bex and not Rebecca then it is a renaming of the character. In the same vein that Sue Branning was renamed Suzy and Christopher Hanley was renamed Kristopher.

I never liked the name Rebecca, it was too clunky for my liking, so I was excited when it looked like she was going back to Chloe, but that would have been even more of a disrespect to her adopted parents. So I think Bex is a lovely compromise, this will be where she starts to grow into her own character.
It's a variation of her name, not a different name altogether.
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Old 25-04-2015, 12:32
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Bex doesn't sound very gothy. She should have called herself Hades or something.

Seriously, it annoys me more than it ordinarily would. Just seems like change for the sake of change but then DTC does whatever the hell he wants anyway, the tosser.
Hades Fowler I approve.
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Old 25-04-2015, 12:47
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I used to work with a lady called Rebecca and everyone called her Bex - it's just a variation on the name. My name is Andrea and everyone calls me Andy - it's the same sort of thing.
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Old 25-04-2015, 12:57
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I used to work with a lady called Rebecca and everyone called her Bex - it's just a variation on the name. My name is Andrea and everyone calls me Andy - it's the same sort of thing.
I agree, but this isn't like Shirley being called Shirl or Denise being called D or Shabnam being called Shabs. This is more like Sylvia being called Sylvie or Michael being called Mick or Dorothy being called Dot. It seems as though this is largely how the character will be referred to from now on as this is how she is now being credited.
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Old 25-04-2015, 13:03
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Well it is though isn't it? If she is now going to be referred to as Bex and not Rebecca then it is a renaming of the character. In the same vein that Sue Branning was renamed Suzy and Christopher Hanley was renamed Kristopher.

I never liked the name Rebecca, it was too clunky for my liking, so I was excited when it looked like she was going back to Chloe, but that would have been even more of a disrespect to her adopted parents. So I think Bex is a lovely compromise, this will be where she starts to grow into her own character.
Suzy and Bex are variations of Sue and Rebecca , I wouldn't class the use of them as a change of name.

Kristopher Hanley wasn't credited in 1990. His name was just referred to on screen and it was then assumed that it was spelt with a c.
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Old 25-04-2015, 13:04
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Suzy and Bex are variations of Sue and Rebecca , I wouldn't class the use of them as a change of name.

Kristopher Hanley wasn't credited in 1990. His name was just referred to on screen and it was then assumed that it was spelt with a c.
See post #10
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Old 25-04-2015, 13:16
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Not much change x
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Old 25-04-2015, 14:30
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I don't understand why Martin and Sonia stuck with Rebecca after all they got her back from her adoptive parents when she was still very young. I'm surprised they didn't revert to Chloe then.
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Old 25-04-2015, 16:50
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Seriously, it annoys me more than it ordinarily would. Just seems like change for the sake of change but then DTC does whatever the hell he wants anyway,
Yes, anyone would think that he was the Executive Producer or something.
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Old 25-04-2015, 17:28
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Just had a look at the cast list for 4/5/15 and it showed a Bex Fowler character, I wondered who this was until I saw Jasmine Armfield was playing her. Guess instead of reverting to Chloe, Rebecca decides on Bex....

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tvgwd

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it's not a rename. It's a shortened version of the same name. No big deal but just a pointer that the character is becoming her own person rather than just a child.
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Old 25-04-2015, 18:39
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I don't understand why Martin and Sonia stuck with Rebecca after all they got her back from her adoptive parents when she was still very young. I'm surprised they didn't revert to Chloe then.
Because Rebecca was about 5 then. So she was old enough to know what her name was. It would of confused her with a name change. Plus the fact her adoptive Gran was still around so it could of upset her if they changed her granddaughters name.
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Old 25-04-2015, 19:00
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Some very pedantic people in this thread.
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