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"Kono" means "this" in Japanese, and "ko" means child (or "great", "price", or "sin"!). Hence, "Konoko" literally could mean "this child" to a Japanese speaker. Although we don't know who in the TCTF gave it to her, one can almost hear Griffin saying "What do you want me to do with this child?" upon seeing the girl Kerr brought with him when he fled the Syndicate. As to why she would be given a Japanese (code)name, and not an "English" name instead, this would make sense given her (half-)Japanese ethnicity. Translation source: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html | "Kono" means "this" in Japanese, and "ko" means child (or "great", "price", or "sin"!). Hence, "Konoko" literally could mean "this child" to a Japanese speaker. Although we don't know who in the TCTF gave it to her, one can almost hear Griffin saying "What do you want me to do with this child?" upon seeing the girl Kerr brought with him when he fled the Syndicate. As to why she would be given a Japanese (code)name, and not an "English" name instead, this would make sense given her (half-)Japanese ethnicity. Translation source: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html. See [[Trivia#Konoko]] for more on interpreting her name, including a cautionary note. | ||
:(Konoko's generic name is reminiscent of Odo from [[wikipedia:Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine|DS9]], who, being discovered as a seemingly non-sentient goo, was labeled "Odo'ital", meaning "unknown sample" or "nothing".) | :(Konoko's generic name is reminiscent of Odo from [[wikipedia:Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine|DS9]], who, being discovered as a seemingly non-sentient goo, was labeled "Odo'ital", meaning "unknown sample" or "nothing".) | ||