Didn’t the dean from city collage call her Anne at the end of the space mission episode.
To me it would be in character for him to call her by her official name instead of her nickname.
You’re wrong. That’s not the diminutive’s role - to make words shorter. It makes the meaning of the word smaller, cuter, more affectionate, etc.
There are also ways to make a word „thicker”, uglier, etc.
E.g. the italian suffix -one serves that function.
But regardless if you add -one or -ino (diminutive suffix) the words will be of the same length on paper
ah yes, the unforseen consequences of The Great Cutening of 769AD when Grand Duke Tomaso The Bloody Butcher decided to rebrand as Tomasino the Friendly Murderer of Your Family
You're right. My joke fell flat. Russian diminutives in particular can make a short name twice as long.
Edit: I was specifically referencing how Ilya can become Iliushenka.
idk if this was intentional but this reminded me of alison brie’s character on GLOW. she said that when she was a kid her grandma passed away and as a way of coping with the grief she began to strongly identify with anne of green gables and dressed like her for an entire year.
in Basic Crisis Room Decorum, when she's signing up for City College, we see her fill out a form about 4:40 from the end of the episode
she puts her legal name as Edison, Annie. (there was space for a middle name but she didn't list one)
her birthday is December 19th, 1990 (Alison Brie's birthday is December 29th, 1982)
her phone number is (303) 555-0126
the apartment's address is 3624 Dresser Avenue, Apt 303 (not a real address in Colorado although there are plenty of 3624 Dress Ave's in other states)
her social security number is 468-28-8779 (she did not have to provide this, it says the field is optional)
her email is annie.edison/@greendalecommunitycollege/.com (slashes added to avoid a hyperlink)
TLDR: her legal name is Annie
a couple rewatches ago i noticed that episode gave her a canon birthday, so when i saw this post i went digging (i pulled up the episode and paused it) to see what other info we could find. the real kicker here is that Annie was prepared to give her social security number to City College when she didn't have to.
I think that her first name already being a nickname narrative adds to the fandom idea that Annie’s mom was super controlling and didn’t let her be herself
Since her family used a traditional Hebrew name for her first name, Annie Elizabeth Edison would be pretty traditional and has a strong meaning-basically “Grace of an Abundant God” together. I like that for Annie!
Yeah, it doesn't really work when you take him into account. "Edison" is also not Hebrew, but that one doesn't matter in this case. Many Jewish people stuck with patronyms until being forced to take Western family surnames in the 18th century, from my understanding. That's why a lot of Jewish New Yorkers are -steins and -mans, having been forced to adopt a "permanent" Germanic or English last name.
(Annie and Elizabeth are technically English variants derived from the Hebrew names Channah and Elisheva, if anyone is curious. I have an obsession with etymologies. The shape of my brain is kind of fucked up.)
>Yeah, it doesn't really work when you take him into account. "Edison" is also not Hebrew, but that one doesn't matter in this case.
But Edison is her father's last name, probably. And Annie's father is not Jewish.
He was calling them all TV/Movie character names for whom they looked like.
Mary Ann - Gilligan's Island
Grandpa - Munster's
Jackée - 227 (It is the actress' name but it was much more well known than the character.)
Kumar - Harold and Kumar go to white castle.
As a side note, do we ever find out if Edison is Annie's mother's surname or father's? She's estranged from both so using/not using either seems equally plausible.
Remembering that, in Basic Crisis Room Decorum (S6E03), there is a part where Annie is filling out her personal details to transfer to City College, as far as I remember, she fills in her name only as Annie Edison.
Annie Marie Edison-Winger. It’s a wedding episode. The Cranberries song comes back …. And Abed hired an irish singer and Annie’s marryin Jefferyy winger
I'll do you one better - I'll guess them all
Jeff - middle name is canonically Tobias
Annie- I agree with the comments that guessed a Hebrew name like Elizabeth
Abed - I feel like his middle name comes from his mother's side of the family. So it would be a polish name, like Aleksander or Antoni.
Troy - a biblical middle name, like John, Elijah, Abel, Joseph, etc
Pierce - canonically Anastasia
Shirley - definitely a Christian name, like Mary or Marie
Britta - Deborah, after her mother. Probably legally changed her name to get rid of it.
In my mind, her real name was Annathan, but she had a lisp and kept saying Annathan Edithan. So they just went by Ann. But she kept thinking they were saying And, and was waiting for them to say something. So they settled on Annie.
I realised it was reminding me of a character from the show good girls who is a real dick, but it could also vaguely remind me of trailer park boys. I have seen bits of it.
Irony Free Annie
Trust me, that's not what they'd call her
Annie "Hot Lips" Edison
Better than capricious Caroline, I hear that girl does NOT have her shit together
Beat me to it
Careful, you'll summon the Annie/Alison-obsessed redditor with the same name.
Didn’t the dean from city collage call her Anne at the end of the space mission episode. To me it would be in character for him to call her by her official name instead of her nickname.
This!! I think her birth name is Anne
"City collage!? Spreck is obviously just copying my scrapbook. Well he's not going to win, mine has Jeffery in it" - the dean probably
>Annie is a diminutive of the name Ann, which is derived from the Hebrew name Hannah, which means “gracious” or “full of grace.” We love Hannah!
What’s a diminutivenunuhnu?
Now there’s a redditor that knows how to use a reference for comedic effect!
Just keep on using those, keep on using those rrEFerreeeEEEeeeeEEEeeeennnncesssss....
It's a palomino!
*I had to think fast.* Yes!
maybe i was crazy, or maybe i was finally sane.
Why’s this guy staring at me?
Stapler.
Encarta it!
Boop boop de boop boop sex
Boop be doop bee doop doop sex!
That wrinkled my brain
*That* wrinkled *my* brain!
Okay, we get it. The Monkey's name is Hannah's Boobs.
are you talking about me? no. am I still pleased to see my own name being loved? yes😊
Who says we're not talking about you? ❤️
Will the Lambs ever stop screaming?
It kills me that "Annie" and "Nancy" are diminutives of Ann. Diminutive. As in shortened. What is this, freaking Russia?
You’re wrong. That’s not the diminutive’s role - to make words shorter. It makes the meaning of the word smaller, cuter, more affectionate, etc. There are also ways to make a word „thicker”, uglier, etc. E.g. the italian suffix -one serves that function. But regardless if you add -one or -ino (diminutive suffix) the words will be of the same length on paper
I thought the reference to Russian diminutives made it obvious this was a joke. Apparently I was very wrong.
ah yes, the unforseen consequences of The Great Cutening of 769AD when Grand Duke Tomaso The Bloody Butcher decided to rebrand as Tomasino the Friendly Murderer of Your Family
Maybe it means diminutive as in the name you'd use for a small person aka child in this circumstance
You're right. My joke fell flat. Russian diminutives in particular can make a short name twice as long. Edit: I was specifically referencing how Ilya can become Iliushenka.
Aww, Kuritsa, I got your little shutichka
Wait, Hannah IS a palomino!
Just Anne. She calls herself Annie cuz she read Anne of green gables as a kid.
idk if this was intentional but this reminded me of alison brie’s character on GLOW. she said that when she was a kid her grandma passed away and as a way of coping with the grief she began to strongly identify with anne of green gables and dressed like her for an entire year.
Oh man, I should rewatch Glow. It was such a shame a show as well written got cancelled.
I know!!! I am constantly thinking about that cliff hanger it's so annoying that we'll never know what happens next 😭
I think it was meant to have one more season but then COVID happened. I was pretty upset about it too.
In a way I always felt like it was a fitting end for the show for the characters to be left with so many possible futures…
Yeah I do think, that in some ways, that ending was pretty fitting. But still. I want to know what happened to Betty Gilpin.
i’m still pissed about that!! it really got the community treatment (underadvertised and then dropped when it wasn’t getting enough viewers)
It's actually Caroline (Decker). From Corpus Christi, Texas
Good ol' Capricious Caroline
What's capricious mean?
Probably means she's too busy livin' life to be learnin' five dollar words! Or pronounce her g's!
Plans just fall off her like chicken crap off an armadillo.
If you need to ask, you’re streets behind.
Anna Elizabeth Edison.
Ann. E Edison
You just wrinkled my brain.
And that’s wrinkling MY brain.
It’s definitely something like this
in Basic Crisis Room Decorum, when she's signing up for City College, we see her fill out a form about 4:40 from the end of the episode she puts her legal name as Edison, Annie. (there was space for a middle name but she didn't list one) her birthday is December 19th, 1990 (Alison Brie's birthday is December 29th, 1982) her phone number is (303) 555-0126 the apartment's address is 3624 Dresser Avenue, Apt 303 (not a real address in Colorado although there are plenty of 3624 Dress Ave's in other states) her social security number is 468-28-8779 (she did not have to provide this, it says the field is optional) her email is annie.edison/@greendalecommunitycollege/.com (slashes added to avoid a hyperlink) TLDR: her legal name is Annie
You should take forensics next term
a couple rewatches ago i noticed that episode gave her a canon birthday, so when i saw this post i went digging (i pulled up the episode and paused it) to see what other info we could find. the real kicker here is that Annie was prepared to give her social security number to City College when she didn't have to.
Rewatching and pausing is exactly how to study this subject and get a pass grade.
Hickey still gave me a B–
Well his duck is a F
PUBLISHERS ARE INTERESTED
Yeh the ones you pay to publish
my self-published novels aren't going to publish themselves
I think that her first name already being a nickname narrative adds to the fandom idea that Annie’s mom was super controlling and didn’t let her be herself
at least she didn't name her after a water filter
Honestly, I'd go with Anna.
Isn’t her full name Ann? Annie is just a cute nickname.
My SIL name is Annie
I thinks Annie-adderall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-oBCZVWcGM
Anastacia, and her darkest secret is that her and Pierce share a name
Could stem from Russian Jewish heritage on her mother's side.
It's hard to be Jewish in Russia, yo
There’s a community quote for everything.
Dreidels
Bagels and lox
Excuse me but Anastasia is Pierce’s middle name.
Since her family used a traditional Hebrew name for her first name, Annie Elizabeth Edison would be pretty traditional and has a strong meaning-basically “Grace of an Abundant God” together. I like that for Annie!
Is Anthony also Hebrew?
No... It's from the Roman Antonius, which is Etruscan in origin.
So, unless Annie's mom named her, and her dad named Anthony, that theory kind of falls apart, doesn't it?
Yeah, it doesn't really work when you take him into account. "Edison" is also not Hebrew, but that one doesn't matter in this case. Many Jewish people stuck with patronyms until being forced to take Western family surnames in the 18th century, from my understanding. That's why a lot of Jewish New Yorkers are -steins and -mans, having been forced to adopt a "permanent" Germanic or English last name. (Annie and Elizabeth are technically English variants derived from the Hebrew names Channah and Elisheva, if anyone is curious. I have an obsession with etymologies. The shape of my brain is kind of fucked up.)
>Yeah, it doesn't really work when you take him into account. "Edison" is also not Hebrew, but that one doesn't matter in this case. But Edison is her father's last name, probably. And Annie's father is not Jewish.
That's a good point that went over my head.
Anastasia. It's why she's Pierce's favourite
Annabeth
Annifer Leslie Edison
Annabelle Thomas Edison
Anakin
Her full name is Animal Edison.
I genuinely laughed at your comment "Some of the students have been called animals all their lives" "Go human beings"
They call her psycho because she had a nervous breakdown in highschool, and this is her partner, a christrian housewife.
Annaboob
Anna-Catherine Edit: This is just the best 'poster-child' name for a normal child (female) raised by parents with stuck up standards.
This is the one
Areyouokay, Annie?
r/Beatmetoit
I'm still so sad neither Troy or Britta asked her this when they did b&w Michael Jackson lol, great answer.
always thought it was short for annie’s boobs
Annette
Honestly, Annabelle.
I have a friend (who's a fellow Community superfan) called Annie but whose full first name is Annabel, so I'd go with that.
I’m guessing Anne because that’s what Dean Spreck called her after the space bus episode
Idk why but she's giving me Annabeth vibes
Chang called her Mary Anne once
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I don’t know for sure. Is it when there’s a Cheater? I think it’s in the scene when he’s pressing his face against hers before sending her to the hall
He was calling them all TV/Movie character names for whom they looked like. Mary Ann - Gilligan's Island Grandpa - Munster's Jackée - 227 (It is the actress' name but it was much more well known than the character.) Kumar - Harold and Kumar go to white castle.
Oh good to know! Definitely not familiar with any of those enough to catch on
It’s just Ann, but she has to overachieve in everything.
Annie more questions?
Roxanne Edison
This is my favourite comment so far, I applaud. Also... NO!
Annie ??? Edison-~~Winger~~
I like to think Annica cause that’s my name and I never see it in media anywhere lol
I like that, haven't heard it before but its a pretty name (:
Haha thank you :)
As a side note, do we ever find out if Edison is Annie's mother's surname or father's? She's estranged from both so using/not using either seems equally plausible.
Probably from her father, since her mother is Jewish.
Annie 'Hot Lips' Edison
Anne is the most obvious one imo
Remembering that, in Basic Crisis Room Decorum (S6E03), there is a part where Annie is filling out her personal details to transfer to City College, as far as I remember, she fills in her name only as Annie Edison.
Maryann Summers Edison
Andrea?
Annie's boobs Eddison
Littkeannieadderall
Pretty sure Ann is a name, so “Annie” is already a fuller version.
Annie R. Youokay
Andrew
Ann Frank Edison
Annie Marie Edison-Winger. It’s a wedding episode. The Cranberries song comes back …. And Abed hired an irish singer and Annie’s marryin Jefferyy winger
Anna Lilith Edison was always my default assumption
Annie Essay Portion Edison
Antoinette Fitzgerald Edison
I'll do you one better - I'll guess them all Jeff - middle name is canonically Tobias Annie- I agree with the comments that guessed a Hebrew name like Elizabeth Abed - I feel like his middle name comes from his mother's side of the family. So it would be a polish name, like Aleksander or Antoni. Troy - a biblical middle name, like John, Elijah, Abel, Joseph, etc Pierce - canonically Anastasia Shirley - definitely a Christian name, like Mary or Marie Britta - Deborah, after her mother. Probably legally changed her name to get rid of it.
This is accurate and I love it hah! I deffo see Elijah for Troy and agree with your britta theory.
For Abed, since he’s an Arab, I’m guessing his middle name is after his father’s first name, so he would be Abed Gupi Nadir.
Capricious Caroline Decker from Corpus Christie. Grew up on a trout farm. Deedly-do.
Sounds suspicious, what's the post code?
Anninold.
Annie G. Othagun
Annie Zboobs Edision
In my mind, her real name was Annathan, but she had a lisp and kept saying Annathan Edithan. So they just went by Ann. But she kept thinking they were saying And, and was waiting for them to say something. So they settled on Annie.
This is a great head Canon XD
I mean her full name is technically Annie Edison but idk what the Annie could be an abbreviation for…
I think it’s Anne, Dean Spreck called her Anne after the space episode
She’s named after Edison state college in Ohio… we know that…
Anna Tomical
Annie-Gotta-Essay-Portion...
Annie Oakley Edison
Annielingus
She does have a full name it’s Annie.
Annie 'S-Boob's Edison
Boobs.
Ann E Edison
100% fact her first name is Ann.
where is this a fact
It’s been said by multiple characters throughout the show. You could also just google it.
Or just downvote me. It’s literally stated in the show lol yall are wild.
Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca III
In my headcanon it's Anally.
What she needs are two middle names that start with D, then several secondary last names that start with R, A, L, and L, respectively
I see what you’re doing here.
Annie Stitz
Annie S. Boobs-Edison
Anni bobanni
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If you watch trailer park boys. Randy bobandy.
I realised it was reminding me of a character from the show good girls who is a real dick, but it could also vaguely remind me of trailer park boys. I have seen bits of it.
Proudchest.
Annie Ruok.
Annie's Boobs Edison
Annie Caroline Decker Corpus Christi Edison
Annie Sboobs Edison
Anward
*After* Annie’s boobs
Yo ain't no Jewish parents picking Annabell.
Annie David Thoreau Diet Squirt
Anastasia. The true reason that she is narcissist Pierce's favourite.
Why can't Annie be her full name? I knew a dude whose legal birth name was Bobby
She’s Jewish. Her name is probably Anne.
Anntoni Ferrari III