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Originally Posted by Hawk
I don't think the books actually refer to the Others as White Walkers. In the book it is the Others and the wights isn't it? I could be wrong. I thought I read that the show did not want to use the term "the Others" because I guess it was used on Lost (not sure, never watched Lost).
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the LOST thing may have been part of it. But I think David Benioff has said before that they wanted to avoid confusion. By saying "Others" all the time they were worried that people would constantly be asking "What others? Who do they mean?"
Because everyone is "other" to one faction or geographical group or another. But, yeah, I'm sure LOST had something to do with it as well. I guess you have to worry about all that kind of stuff, but it really feels like an unnecessary adjustment. Calling them The Others is so creepy! I love it. And I'm a huge LOST fan.