Subject: NAMES
From: HF.SKW@forsythe.stanford.edu (Susan Wandling)
Date: 1990-10-03, 10:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Well, I can't resist, my husband and myself being literary analytic
types and all, but let's look at the meanings of the NAMES in Twin
Peaks.  It's very interesting, I think, to note that:

Cooper = barrel maker, yes, but more appropriately:  "one who
confines (i.e., in the coop, slang for jail).

Hayward = guardian of a town, especially protecting town supplies
from ANIMALS and foragers.  (obviously, the "good guys")

Hurley = well, impetuous -- James and Ed both

Palmer = wanderer, vagrant (in the woods maybe? or from the beaten
path?); also one who practices sleight of hand (hinting at some
switcheroo?)

Gerard = villain (the one-armed shoe salesman)

Truman = absolutely True Man!

Briggs = brig, dialectic variation for "bridge" -- my husband likes
to suggest:  the ways, the means, but not the end -- not sure what
to do with that.

Horne = other than the obvious, Webster (or was it the OED?) offers
that beasts may be referred to simply as "horns."

Don't remember Andy's last name.

But how about Lucy?  Moran = moron?  But she's awfully sweet.

Wouldn't you say Lynch put some thought into this??  Pretty cool.