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Old 05-03-2006, 04:15 PM   #1
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Default Was "Rudy" her given name or a nickname?

I always forget to ask and finally remembered to post this here...
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I don't think so, i always heard Rudy Lillian Huxtable
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I have never heard of that name for a girl. thanx for the info.
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all the people i know named Rudy are boys too
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Maybe Clair wanted another boy. I would say Cliff but knowing Clair she probably named her.
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but of course it was Claire who named her...
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Her full name was Rudith Lillian Huxtable. I think Clair said it in the episode where Rudy was worried about not having boobs. "Please excuse Rudith Lillian Huxtable from school today, she's waiting for her breasts to arrive."

I don't remember hearing Rudith, I'll have to pay attention next time it's on.
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Her full name was Rudith Lillian Huxtable. I think Clair said it in the episode where Rudy was worried about not having boobs. "Please excuse Rudith Lillian Huxtable from school today, she's waiting for her breasts to arrive."
Really???? I only seen that episode once. I never liked it. I guess that's why i didn't know abt the name...thanx

btw i looked up the name and it's a mix of Ruth and Edith.
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Her full name was Rudith Lillian Huxtable. I think Clair said it in the episode where Rudy was worried about not having boobs. "Please excuse Rudith Lillian Huxtable from school today, she's waiting for her breasts to arrive."

I also just remembered that Cliff called her Rudith when he told her to go upstairs and get her book so she could read it to the professor
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the charachter of Rudy was supposed to be a boy
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I also just remembered that Cliff called her Rudith when he told her to go upstairs and get her book so she could read it to the professor

Now that I remember
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Yeah I heard that on THS, and they showed Keisha's screen test and she was so cute.
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What the HELL? OMG, I have never heard of the name "Rudith" in my entire life, I'll tell you that much.
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I guess Bill being a cheapskate was one of them. lol
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