(urth) Appian

Adam Thornton adam at io.com
Mon Aug 28 23:05:05 PDT 2006


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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