<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 August 2010 02:55, David Stockhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This is a discussion list. If you are unable to provide better answers than the "obvious" ones,</blockquote><div><br>*You* are the one who could only provide those 'answers'. Which are only 'obvious' because they don't answer anything.<br>
I'm more interested in asking questions. If you have no answer for them, no one's going to think the worse of you, so no need to write non-answers. I wasn't even talking to you specifically (even if I were you'd be under no obligation to answer, of course).<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">why do you complain about them?<br></blockquote><div style=""><br>Because they answer nothing, since they are not answers but merely flippant "because it is so" remarks, and hence worthless and out of place in a *discussion*?<br>
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Perhaps it's actually the endless bickering that is a problem for some. I don't know. I'm not going to address it further.<br></blockquote><div><br>You'd have done a much better job if you hadn't written those two replies. What did they gain anyone?<br>
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António Marques wrote:<br>
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This kind of answers is precisely why people lose interest in following the list.<br>
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On 19 August 2010 00:58, David Stockhoff <<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net" target="_blank">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net" target="_blank">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
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Some obvious answers present themselves:<br>
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António Pedro Marques wrote:<br>
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Lee Berman wrote (18-08-2010 12:58):<br>
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I think Valeria remains a possible candidate as Severian's<br>
missing twin<br>
sister. The wife of Roman emperor valentinianus was named<br>
Valeria<br>
Severa.<br>
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This I think is worth exploring.<br>
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- When Severian goes to Yesod, Valeria remains in his place<br>
for decades. Why would this be tolerated? We're told of no<br>
similar thing in the history of the Autarchy.<br>
<br>
---Because it's not important.<br>
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- What's Severian's attraction to Valeria? He met her when<br>
both were reasonably young. Then years pass and suddenly upon<br>
becoming Autarch he realises he must go get her. Why?<br>
<br>
---Because he could.<br>
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- I don't know what to make of the names. The -ian in<br>
Severian's name was sometimes used in Rome to indicate<br>
adoption. Otoh Valeria would simply be the name of a woman<br>
born to perhaps the most noble family in roman history, while<br>
at the same time one that generally stood for the rights of<br>
lower strata of society. So, the names seem to fit, but do<br>
they tell us anything new?<br></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div> </div></div><br>