names + Typhon

Jerry Friedman · 20 Jun 2002, 20:32 · from urth-v0206.mbox · original

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From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) names + Typhon
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:32:13 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <ddanehy at siebel.com> wrote:
> Good post, Marc.
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> One other point: Whatever rules may apply to the use of mythological
> monsters in the Lupiverse, Typhon certainly does _not_ fall under the
> "saints" naming convention for citizens of the Commonwealth, since=20
> he is not one.

There's a Saint Piaton (which proves nothing, since there were lots
of people named Simon--Shim`on, I think--before anyone was in a
position to be a Catholic saint).

There seems to be some confusion, by the way, over whether people
are using "alien" to mean "not born on Urth though possibly human"
or "not human".  Or maybe just "foreign to the Commonwealth", like
Loyal to the Group of Seventeen, and presumably Ash.
...

Jerry Friedman

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