MDMD(1): Pitt's Anachronism?

Holger Wenzel hw at itm.rwth-aachen.de
Mon Jun 9 06:57:06 CDT 1997


>>>>> ""davemarc"" == "davemarc"  <davemarc at panix.com> writes:
    "davemarc"> I can't give you any citations, but I don't see any
    "davemarc"> reason why prominent father/son namesakes wouldn't be
    "davemarc"> known from the start that way, as Elder/Younger.

I doubt it. If it were so, we should know a lot more Elder/Younger
pairs. I think the son should gain some fame first, to become publicly
known as the Younger. Or are the families LeSpark/Cherrycoke and Pitt 
related in some way?

Holger
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