Appian

Adam Thornton · 29 Aug 2006, 06:05 · from 2006-August.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:05:05 -0700
Subject: (urth) Appian
In-Reply-To: <00aa01c6cb2f$f7e7c1a0$ef3ec6d8 at rclackey.stic.net>
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On Aug 28, 2006, at 10:57 PM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:

> Adam Thornton wrote:
>> 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."
>
> Last night, you said it was "Verus." <g>

Well, it's Verus if it's actually a man.  Was actually a man.  You  
know what I mean.

> Anyway, Severian specifically used the word "unmanned" to describe  
> what
> happened to his predecessor. (URTH, 153)

Yes, well, the Theory Of Stupid Onomastics should only be treated  
slightly more seriously than the We Are All Severian! Theory.

Adam

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