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SusiGo · June 23, 2014 3:08 pm

Not sure I saw that one, mrshouse, but a lovely idea.

mrshouse · June 23, 2014 3:11 pm

Yes, it was along the lines Sherlock practically saying: " This is my full name, name your child after me, thus remembering me while I'm going to my certain death." Should have bookmarked it at once.

Harriet · June 23, 2014 3:12 pm

I like that idea, too

SusiGo · June 23, 2014 3:14 pm

I always had the idea that it was more than just a joke to make John laugh and relieve the tension.

ancientsgate · June 23, 2014 7:43 pm

mrshouse wrote:
Yes, it was along the lines Sherlock practically saying: " This is my full name, name your child after me, thus remembering me while I'm going to my certain death." Should have bookmarked it at once.

Oh. Like, duh. Do you mean that's why Sherlock told John that Sherlock is a girl's name, so John and Mary could feel free to name either a boy or a girl after him? *wonders* How in heck did I miss that? That whole airport scene sets me on TILT, I guess I wasn't thinking. Thanks for the insight.

ancientsgate · June 23, 2014 7:44 pm

SusiGo wrote:
I always had the idea that it was more than just a joke to make John laugh and relieve the tension.

I'm afraid I wasn't even that charitable, lol. I thought it was just two dorky men being stupid. *smile*

Lue4028 · June 24, 2014 6:38 am

haha cute~
It's odd though.. I also think sherlock sounds like a girls name.. it sounds pretty actually.

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SusiGo · June 26, 2014 6:52 am

Tobe's nice post in the caption competition thread made me look for the origin of the name "Janine":

"The name Janine can be traced back through the French name Jeannine, which is a nickname for Jeanne, to the Latin Iohannes, which, having first been filtered through Greek and Hebrew, is the root for the name John."

Ta-da!

gently69 · June 26, 2014 7:05 am

So it all leads back to the roots then ... somehow.

SusiGo · June 26, 2014 7:07 am

Yes. Quite beautiful.

gently69 · June 26, 2014 7:15 am

Btw, I am just reading schmiezi's "Crossing Bridges" and I am totally caught by Johnlock at the moment. It's so moving and beautiful! Is it a good sign?

SolarSystem · June 26, 2014 7:16 am

gently69 wrote:
So it all leads back to the roots then ... somehow.

It all leads back to John then, to be more precise. Always. It's always John. He keeps Sherlock right. John. John Watson.

edit: gently! It's a brilliant sign! It's paramount!

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SusiGo · June 26, 2014 7:29 am

Yes to all this.

Very good sign, gently. I love the fic and had the privilege to read the new chapters even before they were published.

tonnaree · June 26, 2014 11:33 am

SusiGo wrote:
Tobe's nice post in the caption competition thread made me look for the origin of the name "Janine":

"The name Janine can be traced back through the French name Jeannine, which is a nickname for Jeanne, to the Latin Iohannes, which, having first been filtered through Greek and Hebrew, is the root for the name John."

Ta-da!

Excellent research Susi! You are such a fine scientist.

SolarSystem · June 26, 2014 11:48 am

...and science is paramount!

nakahara · June 26, 2014 2:33 pm

Big spoiler for S4:

I hope they will show us this wedding in detail either.

tonnaree · June 26, 2014 2:44 pm

nakahara wrote:
Big spoiler for S4:

I hope they will show us this wedding in detail either.

Obviously the editor is a Johnlocker.

Mattlocked · June 26, 2014 2:58 pm

ancientsgate · June 26, 2014 5:29 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Tobe's nice post in the caption competition thread made me look for the origin of the name "Janine":

"The name Janine can be traced back through the French name Jeannine, which is a nickname for Jeanne, to the Latin Iohannes, which, having first been filtered through Greek and Hebrew, is the root for the name John."

Ta-da!

Love it.

Harriet · June 26, 2014 6:33 pm

I'm delighted, nakahara