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I found the movie on YouTube (m)

by Kate

4/20/2011, 3:01 PM

It really sounds like "COO-pee" to me. Maybe the name isn't Welsh. The other characters living in Wales are Jessica, John, and Nico, and those aren't Welsh names either. It might be an unusual nickname that wasn't explained in the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2LedzsH4Y (hear the name at 12:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB2rYzsiuxs (hear the name at 00:30 and several times starting at 00:50)

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- Pie +3

4/21/2011, 2:26 AM

You're right, it's definitely 'coopee' and definitely not Toby. If you get the book, do come back and post your findings. I'm quite curious now, too!

- Kate +1

4/29/2011, 8:19 PM

I got the book today

The girl's name is Cooty in the book. I don't know why it was changed to Coopy in the film. They are both very odd names!

- Pie

5/1/2011, 2:50 AM

Thanks for posting, it's great to have the mystery solved at last. It is a very odd name! I'm guessing that maybe the association with 'cooties' - which as a term for lice, seems to have originated in WWI - was probably general enough at that point to make the name seem a bit awkward to the script-writer for a little girl.

- Llewella (penguiny7)

4/22/2011, 3:38 AM

Yes, I'm curious now too!

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