Originally posted by John Lambert: [But doesn't she invent the Superman name during the "what does the S stand for" discussion.
At least, she clearly knows his Kryptonian name is Kal-el, so even if she has not fully decided to go with calling him Superman, she could yell "Kal-el" so people don't know who he really is.
In the novelization, Lois and Kal-El are not interrupted by Dr. Hamilton and Lois definitely names him then (making the "that's what they're calling him now" redundant and illogical because Swanwick would already have heard it.) I kind of wish they had allowed Lois and Clark to talk all the way through that part because that scene in the book has a bit more of the banter that you expect from the traditional Superman/Lois interview (that the movie cut WAY too short.)
CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx. JONATHAN: A jinx? CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me. -"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)
