Talk:Claudia

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[edit] Claudia's age

Hi. The article states that the character is a five year-old. I'm not proud to say that I haven't read the book, I've only seen the movie. In it, Kirsten Dunst, who portrays Claudia, is 12 years old. Is the age mentioned in the article (five) coming from the book then? Perhaps the movie has altered this in order to be able to get the dramatic effect it wanted (being that it would be difficult to get a five year-old actress to portray convincingly the mature Claudia). If that was the case, this should be mentioned specifically in the article. Regards, Redux 02:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, reading the book I believed her age was 9...? Kendra 03:07, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lame?

"The literal meaning of the name Claudia is "lame," due to the physical disability of the Emperor Claudius."

The name had been around for centuries before the emperor was born - Claudius appears to come from the word for lame 'claudus', but I don't think we can credit the emperor as the originator of this meaning.

[edit] Lame

It is factually inaccurate to say that the meaning of the word is due to the emperor Claudius. The fact is that the name and the meaning of the name had been firmly established well before. The sentence with the word due must be changed. I can not stress enough the fact that it was a coincidence that the emperor with the name Claudius (one name of many) just happened to suffer from several birth defects in effect making him lame. The serviving documents believed to have been writen by Claudius refer directly to this fact and its humor as felt by the emperor.

Hmmm...I agree. Indeed, I'm certain he was not the first with the name, aside from the fact that the phrasing existed. Michael 07:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)