(urth) The Guild's Revolutionary

[Jeff Wilson]

Adam Thornton wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2009, at 1:56 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> 
>> Adam Thornton wrote:
>>> On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>>> It's less of a pun than a Dantean contrapasso, I would say.
>>> Potato/dried tuber.
>>> Adam
>> Goodness, is it my turn in the barrel again already?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by that answer, could you please explain ti at greater length, Adam?
> 
> Oh, all right, if you insist.
> 
> I started from "potato/po-tah-toe", which is to say, one man's pun is another's Dantean contrapasso.

Oh, that I agree with. "The Revolutionary" is a pun on the part of 
whoever on Urth gave it that name, while at the functional level it is a 
contrapasso. The author chooses both, but the device of putting the pun 
in the chracters' mouths leaves the work with more dignity than if it 
were a third person narrator cracking wise.

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