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Ms. Calendar tells Giles “Call me Jenny, Miss Calendar is my father” in Some Assembly Required. I originally put this in the goofs section but ‘The Demon Alfalfa’ pointed out to me that this ‘mistake’ was probably intended by the Buffy writers, as it could be a clever take on the old saying usually said by men. By having a woman use it with the feminine pronoun it becomes a quirky language joke. Also, as Ms. Calendar’s father was not named Calendar (he would have been Kalderash), it’s more likely to be a genuine play on words. |
| Source: | › Thanks to Sandi › The Demon Alfalfa |
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| Suggested by: | › Jess |
| Added: | › 19th October 2004 |
| Updated: | › 27th March, 2005 |
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December 11th, 2005 at 5:00 am
I think they mean that the were Romainian (as in from Romania) and of the Kalderash family. I may have missunderstood the question, but I think that’s what you were asking.
December 11th, 2005 at 5:02 am
I think Smash has it right, they were of romanian origin, as many gypsy families presumbly have been, and were of a tribe or family name of Kalderash.
December 11th, 2005 at 5:04 am
And I just love their lettuce! O wait…that’s Romane…never mind…
December 11th, 2005 at 5:08 am
Jenny says in “Passion” to the magic shop owner, “My Uncle Enyos told me about you.” So his first name was Enyos. (source, www.buffyworld.com, transcript of episode 29, Passion.
December 11th, 2005 at 5:10 am
Romane lettuce, it’s getting late, I actually laughed out loud!
December 11th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
I have been researching romanians and gypsies a little bit (Don’t ask) and have some more info about it in the La Boheme trivia.
December 11th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Are we sure that Kalderash is Jenny’’s last name? The name of the clan could be an ancestoral thing. Her name could be something else (one must accept that it’s not calender), but that could be a reach.
December 11th, 2005 at 9:23 pm
I think this line was really fantastic. It’s such a great play on words.
December 12th, 2005 at 2:07 am
I agree! I loved Jenny’s sarcasm and her her little quarky outbursts. I have always wondered why some fans hated her so much.
December 27th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
its a shame Giles and Jenny wern’t alowed any more time together, they seamed to ‘fit’ so well, however its buffyverse no one is alowed to be happy lol!
December 27th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
Well hannah, you’re in a Jenny mood today. It would have been nice to see what could have happened and what stories they could have told with these two over the years. It sure is a shame that we couldn’t see where they could have gone with them.
December 27th, 2005 at 1:07 pm
lol yes, she was a great character a briiant actress, and will and has been sorely missed in the buffyverse lol
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:33 am
Kalderash is the name of a subset of Roma, the largest group in fact. Although it seems like ‘Calendar’ is just the angliciziation of the surname ‘Kalderash’ (just as ‘Jenny’ is of ‘Jana’), a Rom of the Kalderash clan would not have the surname Kalderash. Whether or not the writers knew this or not is debatable. It would make sense for that to be the case if you didn’t know that a large percentage of Roma are Kalderash.