(urth) Patera Incus

Mo Holkar lists at ukg.co.uk
Sun Aug 15 10:31:42 PDT 2010


At 20:34 14/08/2010, James wrote:
>1.1 The Letters to Fulmar
>In Lake of the Long Sun, Incus is attempting to say something to "My 
>Dear Friend Fulmar". The Patera is trying to express something to 
>him but doesn't quite no how. Unfortunately, Incus recognizes that 
>Fulmar is not especially perceptive as reflected by his name, 
>meaning a type of gull which in Vironese thieves cant is a simpleton.


Just on a zoological note: a fulmar is not a type of gull, but a type 
of petrel. Apart from both being birds, fulmars and gulls are not 
related at all.

best,

Mo



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