VLVL2 (9.5): "Ortho Bob Dulang"

[Dave Monroe]

   "He came back to the booth to find, in the
turquoise shadows, his space occupied by a young
fellow he didn't recognize [...].  'Hey!' this
late-teenage-looking individual, even sorter than
Takeshi, jumped up, nose running, eyes bright, as if
gone psychotropic on hot peppers and mustard, to
introduce himself as Ortho Bob Dulang, hitchhiker and,
as it turned out, Thanatoid." (VL, Ch. 9, p. 170)

Ortho Bob Dulang = Straight Bob Dylan?


"Ortho"

Main Entry: orth-
Variant(s): or ortho-
Function: combining form
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French,
straight, right, true, from Latin, from Greek, from
orthos; akin to Sanskrit urdhva high, upright
1 : straight : upright : vertical <orthograde>
2 : perpendicular <orthorhombic>
3 : correct : corrective <orthodontia>
4 a : hydrated or hydroxylated to the highest degree
<orthophosphoric acid> b : involving substitution at
or characterized by or having the relationship of two
neighboring positions in the benzene ring
<ortho-xylene>

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

ortho-, orth- (Greek: right, straight, correct, true;
designed to correct).

http://www.lexfiles.com/basic-grk-m-z.html


"Bob"

BOB   m   English
Pronounced: BAWB
Medieval short form of ROBERT. Other rhyming nicknames
of Robert used in the Middle Ages were Dob, Hob and
Nob.

http://www.behindthename.com/nm/b2.html

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian
Pronounced: RAW-burt (English), ro-BER (French)
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic
elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans
introduced this name to Britain....

http://www.behindthename.com/nm/r2.html


"Ortho Bob"

Main Entry: plumb bob
Function: noun
Date: circa 1840
: the metal bob of a plumb line 

Main Entry: plumb 
Pronunciation: 'pl&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from (assumed) Old French
plomb lead, from Latin plumbum
Date: 14th century
: a lead weight attached to a line and used to
indicate a vertical direction
- out of plumb or off plumb : out of vertical or true

Main Entry: plumb
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1 : exactly vertical or true
2 : THOROUGH, COMPLETE
synonym see VERTICAL

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary


"Dulang"

Dulang = du langue?

In the temple ceremonies you will see a lot of
offerings. They are put on dulang or bokor and carried
on the heads to the temple. Dulang is a ound small
table with one leg made out of clay, wood or metal,
while bokor is a bog bowl of wood or metal. If there
is no dulang or bokor they use a basin.

http://www.bali-travelnews.com/Batrav/Batrav01/arts.html

Kitanglad National Park is a natural type of
attraction located at the north Central Bukidnon. It
has an area of 31,297 hectares composed of dozen of
mountain peaks, including Mt. Dulang-dulang.

http://www.bukidnon.gov.ph/socio-eco/activities.html

"'He's So Fine' didn't open with 'Doo-lang, doo-lang
at first. It was just in the background. But the staff
engineer at Capitol, a guy named Johnny Cue said, 'Why
don't you start the song like that?' So we put
'Doo-lang' in front of the song."

http://www.bobshannon.com/stories/hesofine.html

And see as well ...

http://www.benedict.com/audio/harrison/harrison.asp

__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
http://companion.yahoo.com/