On 5/15/07, bastet1958 <bastet1958@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "István Váradi" <ivaradi@…>
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> > Hello,
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> > On 5/15/07, Elaine de Saxe <coolowl@…> wrote:
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> > > Good morning "shipmates" …
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> > > Just found some more sites which have a tiny bit more on the Onedin
> > > Line …
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> > > http://www.thechestnut.com/onedin/onedin.htm – promises much but
> > > delivers little 🙁
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> > > http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/onedinline.html – great pix and
> > > some background info on the series.
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> > > http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/features/ShipsOnFilm/shipsontv.htm –
> > > covers many movies/TV series and for the ship-buffs among us could be
> > > a source of great interest.
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> > > Not sure if this is true but I read recently that the Charlotte
> > > Rhodes was destroyed by fire in 1980-something … does anyone have
> > > any definite information?
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> > > Also read that Howard Lang died in 1989.
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> > > And I've been having a real wander about the internet to see if there
> > > are any more DVDs/Videos past Series 4 and have come up with a great
> > > big blank.
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> > > And I did a fairly comprehensive search of surname databases and came
> > > up with another blank. I really cannot find any entries there or in
> > > telephone books for Onedin. Looks like it is not a surname with a
> > > family attached. Given all the variations among surnames, it seems
> > > amazing that someone thought up one which is unique. Does any lista
> > > know anything definite on the surname Onedin?
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> > I have no definite information on the name "Onedin" as it is, but a
> > few years ago I was in Stockholm, and was suprised to see a building
> > on the quay with the word "Anedin" displayed on it. The "A" has a
> > small circle or ring at the top of it, and the pronunciation of such
> > an "A" is very similar to an "O". So "Onedin" may be the
> > "englishified" version of this apparently existing Scandinavian name.
> > A further link is that the building (or at least the display) I saw
> > belongs to a shipping line, see http://www.anedinlinjen.com
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> > Istvan
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> > > Drat that we've finished watching all 4 series and wonder if we'll
> > > live long enough to see series 5 to 8 given the great amount of time
> > > taken to get even these out.
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> > > Have a great week 🙂
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> > > Elaine in Brisbane, Australia
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> Hello Istvan,
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> I'm afraid I have to contradict your theory. In fact, it was the other
> way round: The shipping line was named after the TV-series!
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> When the shipping line was founded, back in the seventies, "The Onedin
> Line" was very popular in Sweden. In Swedish the series is called
> "Onedinlinjen". Maybe the owner of the shipping company hoped some of
> the series' success would also fall upon his business when he called
> it "Anedinlinjen" (the pronunciation is really the same). But it
> remained a small company, owning only one ship which is mostly used as
> a ferry between Stockholm and Mariehamn.I see. But at least there is some connection 🙂
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> To my knowledge there is no Swedish name like "onedin" or "anedin",
> but possibly our Swedish members can tell us more about that. I think
> that the name "onedin" actually is a creation of Cyril Abraham.
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> By the way, can you tell us how "The Onedin Line" is called in Hungarian?It is called "Onedin család", which stands for "Onedin family".
István
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> Erika
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RE: More websites and other stuff
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