Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

James Wynn · 19 Nov 2011, 14:39 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:39:50 -0600
Subject: (urth) Fwd: Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy
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> I agree Babbie is an odd element from beginning to end. Why do you find
> his species name unlike other indigenous species? Because it seems like
> a Whorl-Urth based name? Could this simply reflect domestication?

"Babirousa" is a fine Vironese name. What is a "hus". All the other 
names for animals give you an idea of what they look like or where they 
are found.

> I also think Mucor's intention for Babbie is meant to be seen as important. I have my own ideas but what do you think it is?

What know is that I don't know what was in Mucor's mind when at the last 
moment, as Horn is sailing away from the island, Mucor commanded Babbie 
to go with Horn.

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