"Another ancient greek of the same name"

David_Lebling · 23 Jun 1999, 09:08 · from urth-v0027.mbox · original

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From: David_Lebling at avid.com
Subject: (urth) "Another ancient greek of the same name"
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 09:08:38
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Roy C. Lackey wrote:
> Jonas says: "I know where we are," ... "and raised one arm stiffly to poi=
nt
toward
> something I had taken to be a folding screen." Sev asks where, and Jonas
answers
> "On Urth", then walks across the room to the panels.

I've always taken this to mean that only at that moment does Jonas realize =
that
he's on Earth, rather than some very odd colony world. His knowledge is
obviously based on reading the odd glyphs (there must be mirror-teleporters=
 all
over the galaxy).

Perhaps this is too simplistic a reading, but I have a mental picture of the
software that does his speech having a slot for "the planet I'm on =3D 'Urt=
h'",
"the home world =3D 'Earth'"; but of course, the two are homophones, so Sev=
erian
is a bit confused when Jonas says "On <the home world>."

     Dave Lebling
     (aka vizcacha)



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