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IMO Scorsese choose the name because Frank Costello are more simple to rember that Mickey Finnegan or tTony O'Duffy. In fact I remember the name but not the other character names. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Costello is also an anglicized version of an Irish language surname.

Bulger is a anglicized version of the Irish name O' Bolguidhir which is Irish Gaelic. Whitey Bulger's father was from Newfoundland, which was settle in large part by Irish speaking immigrants.

[quote=motorfab post_id=108050 time=1556813957 user_id=5417]
[quote=JeremyTheJew post_id=108049 time=1556810989 user_id=58]
Departed is a re make of the Chinese Triad movies called, Infernal Affairs.

It was not written by Scorsese at all.

And Costello changed his name bc he thought it'd be easier having a Irish last name.
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Absolutely but Scorsese has adapted a bit of the scenario so that Nicholson looks like Bulger. In Internal Affairs the character of Eric Tsang does not collaborate at all in secret with the cops for example.
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Agreed. Scorsese definitely adapted to the story. Like it or not, this movie DOES have the Bulger background that makes people think Whitey Bulger when they watch the movie. It is one of my favorites even though it's not true to the Bulger story of course.

Motorfab, I have French on my Yankee side as well. I know some of y'all don't know but my Grandfather was a country hick that grew up 20 miles East of where I live today and my Grandmother was a true Yank from Camden New Jersey so I have ties to the North & South even though I never stepped foot up North until Hurricane Sandy hit. My old man was even born up there but my Grandfather didn't quite like living in the "big city". Where he grew up, the WHOLE county only has like 18,000 people today :lol: :lol:

But saying that I'll get to my French side, it was DuBois. Me and one of my cousins both research our ancestry and he said it's pronounced "Do-Bose" instead of "Do-Bois" but I'm not sure if that's totally true or not. Looking the other day I finally found the tie to General Patton, he is distant but an actual cousin of mine as we share a set of DuBois Grandparents. They have said it was some kind of French royalty but I don't know, I do know they ended up in Belgium before coming to America and setting up shop basically in Philly and the surrounding areas.

[quote=Ozgoz post_id=108081 time=1556858809 user_id=5448]
Bugler would be French-English. Or more specifically a descendant of the Norman invasion in 1066 when many french names entered into English society.

So Bulger would be English, tracing back to France. And would’ve been pronounced Bul-jay.
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I am French and personally I think that Bulger is not a name that sounds French. You could give it "Bul-jay" if it was written "Bulgé" or Bulget" .It sounds more Belgian, but then I can go wrong. For me it sounds quite English/Irish

Bugler would be French-English. Or more specifically a descendant of the Norman invasion in 1066 when many french names entered into English society.

So Bulger would be English, tracing back to France. And would’ve been pronounced Bul-jay.

[quote=JeremyTheJew post_id=108049 time=1556810989 user_id=58]
Departed is a re make of the Chinese Triad movies called, Infernal Affairs.

It was not written by Scorsese at all.

And Costello changed his name bc he thought it'd be easier having a Irish last name.
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Did Scorsese come up with the name or did the writer? Bulger is not a common Irish name as far as I know, I think they should have made it obvious, this is not the first, and won't be the last time it's asked by people who saw the film.

[quote=Breadman post_id=108047 time=1556808722 user_id=5380]
in Italian it's Cost-ello

Irish pronounce it Cos-tello
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In Boston they pronounce it Caw-stello :lol:

Even Spillane sound like an italian name.

[quote=JeremyTheJew post_id=108049 time=1556810989 user_id=58]
Departed is a re make of the Chinese Triad movies called, Infernal Affairs.

It was not written by Scorsese at all.

And Costello changed his name bc he thought it'd be easier having a Irish last name.
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Absolutely but Scorsese has adapted a bit of the scenario so that Nicholson looks like Bulger. In Internal Affairs the character of Eric Tsang does not collaborate at all in secret with the cops for example.

Departed is a re make of the Chinese Triad movies called, Infernal Affairs.

It was not written by Scorsese at all.

And Costello changed his name bc he thought it'd be easier having a Irish last name.

in Italian it's Cost-ello

Irish pronounce it Cos-tello

Costello is definitely an Irish name, shit there are several Irish bars named Costellos in Boston alone.

Frank Costello of the Genovese allegedly used that surname cause of his connections with the Westies and it probably helped somewhat with his political connections, especially on paper.

I think he named him Costello to be sneaky. It gives image of him being Italian, which a lot of movie goers want. I think the Irish version is Costeloe, with the e added.

Alright thank you.