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09-02-2015, 07:10 PM
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What is Barney a nickname for?
I want to call him Barnacle Miller, but I don't think that was the character's given name at birth. Did they ever say if "Barney" was a nickname for anything on the show?
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09-02-2015, 07:15 PM
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Barnaby, Bernard, Barnabas?
I don't recall them saying what his first name was other than Barney. |
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09-02-2015, 08:10 PM
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LOL@ Barnacle!!!  I'm gonna say Barnard ! If it was Bernard, he'd be called Bernie I think!  Wouldn't that be funny if Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows was called Barney Collins?  |
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09-02-2015, 08:48 PM
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However, I think the "fun girls" from Mt. Pilot always called him "Bernie" in error...! 
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09-02-2015, 11:53 PM
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Barney's full name was, Bernard J. Miller.
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09-03-2015, 05:05 AM
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09-05-2015, 10:38 AM
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12-30-2015, 06:37 PM
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I think "Barney" is short for "Bernard."
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