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JollyElm · #1 10-20-2016, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

Nathan Bedford Forrest and William Saunders were both leaders of the Klan and had public institutions named after them. Carolina Hall at UNC was Saunders Hall until only last year. Forrest still has schools named after him, along with parks, roads, playgrounds, etc.

And don't forget about the eponymous, freaky character Tom Hanks won an Oscar for playing.

Aquarian Sports Cards · #2 10-20-2016, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

And don't forget about the eponymous, freaky character Tom Hanks won an Oscar for playing.

Tom Hanks played a character named Tom Hanks???

JollyElm · #3 10-20-2016, 08:10 PM

Tom Hanks played the eponymous protagonist of the movie 'Forrest Gump.' Does that clear it up for you???????

Aquarian Sports Cards · #4 10-20-2016, 08:30 PM

Not to get into a semantics argument but if Tom Hanks played an eponymous protagonist he played a protagonist named Tom Hanks.

If a school was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest it is an eponymous school. The name has to be the same.

You could say that Nathan Bedford Forrest had an eponymous character in a Tom Hanks movie, and if you weren't being too picky about only having one name in common I'd sorta buy that, but by that logic Forrest Gregg was closer to having an eponymous character in the movie, and Gump played football!

Peter_Spaeth · #5 10-21-2016, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Not to get into a semantics argument but if Tom Hanks played an eponymous protagonist he played a protagonist named Tom Hanks.

If a school was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest it is an eponymous school. The name has to be the same.

You could say that Nathan Bedford Forrest had an eponymous character in a Tom Hanks movie, and if you weren't being too picky about only having one name in common I'd sorta buy that, but by that logic Forrest Gregg was closer to having an eponymous character in the movie, and Gump played football!

You sure about that?
http://www.listal.com/list/eponymous-movie-titles

Aquarian Sports Cards · #6 10-21-2016, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You sure about that?
http://www.listal.com/list/eponymous-movie-titles

Anything named after someone is not eponymous. I would say that site is using it wrong. Especially considering that those titles are largely fictional characters not named after anyone.

adjective
1.
giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.:
Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.

Peter_Spaeth · #7 10-21-2016, 10:07 PM

If it's good enough for Sporcle it's good enough for me.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/livfred/eponymous_movies

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