Canticon

Derek Bell · 01 Jul 1997, 18:55 · from whorl-v0006.mbox · original

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From: Derek Bell <dbell at maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Canticon
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 19:55:40 +0100
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[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

	Strong language ahead!





	One cant term that's intruiged me is "shaggy". Apart from
meaning matted, in Ireland it's slang that's means something akin to
"fuck". I'm not sure how common this meaning is outside Ireland or if
Wolfe intended it in this manner - it's certainly an appropriate
meaning for the places it's used.

	Tercel

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