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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=severiansola@hotmail.com
href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">Lee Berman</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> > Gerry Quinn: While the name ("megatherian") suggests beasts,
the fact of a <BR>> > biography suggests otherwise.<BR><BR> <BR>>
I don't see why. Can't a beast have a biography? Especially a sentient
beast.<BR>> The examples of this are too numerous to mention but "mega"
implies large size.<BR>> It isn't too hard to figure out which notable
character is really large and <BR>> named for an earth-inspired
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<DIV>“Lives of the Seventeen Megatherians” is simply *wrong* as a possible name
for a biography of Abaia, Erebus, and the rest, for a multitude of
reasons. They are never referred to as ‘the Megatherians’ either.
And we also know that there are even animals called megatheres at large in the
grounds of the House absolute.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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