# Trillian or Fenchurch? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086 "2001-01-28T04:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/1 "2001-01-28T04:12:40Z")
Hey you guys. I’m making a new screen name. (Yes really this time!) I have it narrowed down. Either way its a Douglas Adams character. Should I name myself after Fenchurch or Trillian? Both are cool names, and were a love interest of Arthur. Sort of…Arthur tried to pick Trillian up at a party- and he did father her child, albeit indirectly. But Arthur got to screw with Fenchurch- in the clouds! 😛 Your opinions? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/2 "2001-01-28T04:33:17Z")
How about **Patty O’Furniture**? I swear I’m gonna keep suggesting that name until somebody uses it. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/3 "2001-01-28T04:46:13Z")
Definately **Fenchurch**! Trillian is flaky bitch! I was **so** pissed at Adams when he removed Fenchurch from the books. IMHO, I think he wrote the last Hitchhiker’s book just to shut up everyone who wanted another addition to the trilogy. I could fall in love with **Fenchurch** , Trillian would just get annoying. My favorite scene for the books is when Fenchurch is making Arthur find out what “wrong” with her… and then of course what comes after 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/4 "2001-01-28T04:47:34Z")
One vote for Fenchurch here. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/5 "2001-01-28T04:55:45Z")
Fenchurch. Gotta be Fenchurch. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/6 "2001-01-28T05:00:39Z")
**Fenchurch** ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/7 "2001-01-28T05:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andyman \* > \*\*Definately **Fenchurch**! Trillian is flaky bitch! \*\* Hey! Trillian saved the entire universe. That ought to count for something. Lay off Trillian. Not that I have anything against Fenchurch. She did know the meaning of life, atleast briefly. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/8 "2001-01-28T05:28:59Z")
Fenchurch? You want to name yourself after a town in East Anglia, just because it had bells? I like Dorothy L. Sayers’ works myself, but I wouldn’t go that far. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/9 "2001-01-28T05:52:20Z")
Jti- I’m naming myself for the char, from my fave “trilogy” of all time. Trillian’s not a bitch…come on, be fair now. I like Fenchurch too. Though I remember being so jealous of her when Arthur got to have sex with her. Sure it wasn’t a rational jealousy, but it was jealousy nonetheless. (I hate it when I’m envious of fictional characters. :)) Okay most of you guys seem to favor Fen. I was kind of leaning towards that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/10 "2001-01-28T05:56:33Z")
Definitely Fenchurch. Has a special ring and flair to it. Besides, when I’m tired Trillian looks too much like _Trillan_. Hey, you’d have Ike and Zenster and foodies galore bugging you for restaurant opinions. Fenchurch…shortened affectionately to Fen; it’s a winner. Veb ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/11 "2001-01-28T10:10:01Z")
Trillian’s real name is Trisha McMillan. So seeing as Fenchurch is a) her real name, b) really cool, and c) my virtual girlfriend, I put one more vote in for **Fenchurch.** ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/12 "2001-01-28T10:48:05Z")
Because whether or not that’s what you’re getting. Fenchurch was one of the best characters in the whole series. I wanted her badly. In other words, hands off **GuanoLad** , she’s my virtual fictional girlfriend ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/13 "2001-01-28T13:05:47Z")
Fenchurch. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/14 "2001-01-28T14:22:35Z")
OK, OK, I give, but it just really annoyed me when she dumped Random off on Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/15 "2001-01-28T17:16:08Z")
As great a character as Fenchurch was, I think Trilian was cooler. Okay, Fenny boinked Arthur in the clouds, but Trillian had Zaphod (three arms & two heads–THAT must’ve been interesting!). She also had a PhD in astrophysics. Fenchurch? She played the cello. Doesn’t compare. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/16 "2001-01-28T17:18:15Z")
Fenchurch…I always liked her, specially when they went flying. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/17 "2001-01-28T17:29:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Fenchurch…shortened affectionately to Fen; it’s a winner. Of course its a winner. 🙂 Feynn. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/18 "2001-01-28T18:06:39Z")
OK. I only posted a one sentence response because I wasn’t sure I wanted to admit it online… but everyone else has, so… dammit Fenchurch is **my** virtual literary girlfriend! SO BACK OFF! :mad: Zoggie, you may have to be prepared for virtual flirting from all sides if you change to Fenchurch 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/19 "2001-01-28T19:28:05Z")
I’m changing my online screen name to Fenchurch (something or other…with some number- Maybe Fenchurch22), but here i’ll still remain your faithful Zoggie. I love this name too much to quit. If any of you guys find Fenchurch a hottie, I’ll list my new email address on my profile. 🙂 Great way to meet guys, I’m sure. Zaphod was cool. I seem to dig multi-headed/limbed egotistical maniacs. The way he talked too…it was a riot. And Ford. I always had a soft spot for him. I loved Arthur’s puzzled looks, and his hankering for tea. After i make my arrangmenets, I’ll have my name changed. (All i have to do is change the email address on my profile, right? Do i have to notify a mod, or anything? Just wondering- first time.) ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086/20 "2001-01-28T22:47:40Z")
To change your nick from **Zoggie** to **Fenchurch** , you will need to e-mail Lynn, I believe. If you want to just change your e-mail address, that can be done in the edit profile screen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trillian-or-fenchurch/52086.md?page=2)