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Re: But, that's a fictional surname, surely?

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:16:32 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Bonsoir toutes et tous,

 

I'd just like to add that in the chronologically first occurrence in the
manuscripts, the name is "Fog".

 

Bill

 

From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Alex Kirstukas
Sent: 27 April 2012 20:00
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: But, that's a fictional surname, surely?

 

Hi Harry,


If they're available to you, take a look at the fascinating annotated
editions by Peter Costello (Everyman's Library) and our own Bill Butcher
(Oxford). Both trace the name back to William Perry Fogg, who in 1872
published a book...on his travels around the world! Oddly enough, however,
Verne never mentioned W. P. Fogg when discussing the origins of the novel;
he's on record as saying "Fogg means nothing but brouillard." So perhaps
it's a coincidence, and Verne got the name from somewhere else. Charles
Dickens, one of his favorite authors, mentions the firm of Dodson & Fog in
The Pickwick Papers.

In any case, congratulations on running across a living Fogg - they're
certainly hard to find! The only other example I can think of, in fact or
fiction, is in the Madeline series of children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans.
According to the Christmas volume of the series, the title heroine, a young
British girl in a Parisian boarding school, is named Madeline Fogg. A
relation, perhaps?

Cheers,

Alex

 

 

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From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~gmail.com>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 5:18 AM
Subject: But, that's a fictional surname, surely?

 

As you know I am standing for election next week to Ceredigion County
Council (having been elected unopposed to the community council) and in
preparation am entering the nominations for every council across Wales by
ward. Whilst I was doing the nominations for Cardiff Council, I came across
the nominations for the Penylan ward (represented by two Liberal Democrat
councillors in 2008) and noticed a very interesting candidate indeed.

 

Penylan; Cardiff, WALES [Cardiff]
Known candidates for next election include:
Joe Boyle, Lib Dem
Kathryn Ruth Brock, Green
Cllr. Tricia Burfoot, Lib Dem
Reece Emmitt, Lab
Kelvin Evans, Plaid
Michael William Edward Fogg, Lab
Roland William Hemingway, Con
Peter Michael Hudson, Con
Bill Kelloway, Lib Dem
Malachy John Mcevoy, Plaid
Ann Elizabeth Miles, Plaid
Akbar Taher Mookhtiar, Lab
Michael Philip Wallbank, Con

 

"But, hold on a minute!" I said to myself, "Fogg's a fictional surname,
isn't it?" Could I ask therefore where Verne got Phileas's surname from?

 
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