(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

[Marc Aramini]

--- On Wed, 10/26/11, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:


From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Father Inire as Dionysus
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 8:01 AM




 


 

From: David Stockhoff 
 

On 10/26/2011 10:11 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net

> > As for his name, he is clearly mad and his shipmates referred to him 
> > as a “header” or head case. Due to a period of imposed political 
> > correctness, perhaps in the Machine Era, such names are no longer used.

> They didn't actually say "header," did they?

 

It is a common expression in Ireland.  If you say “he’s a header” it will be understood as “he’s a head case”.

 

- Gerry Quinn

 Why would Wolfe use an Irish expression in his far future Byzantine/South America?  I would need other examples of Irish slang associated with Hethor.
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