Tanner on naming in TCOL49

Martin Hinks mhinks at gmail.com
Mon Oct 9 04:29:10 CDT 2006


On 10/9/06, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
> But I'm not sure how that applies to Oed Maas.

Oed as a nickname for Oedipa. I believe this was a slightly
tongue-in-cheek comment.

On 10/9/06, David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/6/06, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > not to mention line 42 in TS Eliot's "The Waste Land":
> >
> > "Oed' und leer das Meer."
>
> "Empty and desolate the sea."
>
> But I'm not sure how that applies to Oed Maas.
>


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