Ooops!
LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
Mon Jun 9 12:30:34 CDT 1997
Holger (or was it davemarc?) noted:
">> They are named after Pliny (the Elder and Younger) and Pitt (the Elder
>> and Younger). But if my notion of their age is right, Pitt the younger
>> is only 15 or 16 at the time they were born (Pitt t.Y. born 1759, the
>> Twins approximately 1774). I doubt that he and his father are already
>> known as the Elder and the Younger by that time, so the explanation
>> for the names of the twins would be somewhat senseless."
Sigh. I should realize that laws of temporality as we know it don't apply
on this list. Pardon my preceding message--or is it my following message?
Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
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