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LaWanda?

posted a year ago by Where (1500)
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Why’d that kid keep calling himself “LaWanda”?

Didn’t Kathy Bate’s character in Fried Green Tomatoes run around calling herself “LaWanda” too?

What were they playing at?

[–] Owlwise (1535) a year ago

It's Nuwanda.

[–] ak47wong (576) 3 months ago

You missed a trick by not saying "Damn it, Where. The name is Nuwanda" 🙁

[–] Mustang (5422) a year ago

Nuwanda, it's just a pretentious sounding name that sounds (for the boys at least) kind of tribal and mysterious. I don't think it has a specific meaning other than Charlie embracing the Carpe Diem thing to the pretentious extreme.

[–] Where (1500) a year ago

Pretentious? Wasn’t Nuwanda Napoleon Dynamite’s brother’s girlfriend’s name? She seemed quite humble. She traveled by bus.

[–] R_Kane (15828) a year ago

If someone here does not understand something, he calls it “pretentious.”