Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:31:59 GMT



keshlam@prodigy.com wrote:
: Which reminds me: Has anyone done a song based on 
: Christopher Hinz' "Paratwa" series? 

: (Why does it remind me of this? Well, he describes a ruling caste 
: which, for reasons never explained ((at least in the first two books))
: is known as the Ash Ock. I'm still trying to decide whether
: it's got anything to do with the traditional symbolism of Ash and Oak.
: Probably not, but there might be a hook for a filk lurking there.)

Sounds to me like a take on Hindi (speaking of castes) "Ashok". That's 
the modern form of the name "Ashoka", who was a great king and lawmaker 
X,Y00 years ago. Is the Paratwa series' background any way suggestive of 
India? The name itself could be.

-- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and
   Philological Busybody

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