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Name origin[edit]

I fail to understand this sentence: "Shaggy is (...) a nickname given to him by his friends during his teenage years because his name bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character".

Where is the similarity between "Orville Richard Burrell" and "shaggy" ? 81.247.89.227 (talk) 06:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Erm... "Orville Richard Burrell" and "Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers"? Do you see similarity now? 79.186.168.193 (talk) 17:08, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see what he's saying, it should be "because he bore a similarity to" rather than "because his name..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.41.166.156 (talk) 21:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think he was saying rather that, Their names, Norville and Orville, were very similar and the similarity compared him to the scooby doo character. The issue could be resolved by presenting the various theoretical origins of his name, "Shaggy". Nanarroy24 (talk) 03:40, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Labels[edit]

I noticed Shaggy's past label, VP Records, was not listed under labels. I would like to expand this conversation in hopes of perhaps adding it to the list. Nanarroy24 (talk) 03:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]