Appian

Adam Thornton · 28 Aug 2006, 23:53 · from 2006-August.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:53:02 -0700
Subject: (urth) Appian
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On Aug 28, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Tony Ellis wrote:
> Again, you're either misreading or misquoting me. I didn't say the
> Autarch was 40, I didn't even say he looked like he was 40. I said
> Severian said that the Autarch looked almost like 'a plump woman of  
> 40'.
> And he does say that. Nobody is saying the old Autarch is 40. Severian
> is saying he *almost* looks like a plump woman of 40. It's a simile,
> dude.

Bah!

I am going to flog, again, my Theory Of Stupid Onomastics and invoke  
Severian's Crappy Narrative Skills to suggest that the old Autarch  
*is* a plump woman of 40, and therefore her name is "Vera."

Adam

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