The WreckIgnitions Read. Stray strugglingly playful thoughts

[Erik T. Burns]

maybe it's John? ;-)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881780,00.html
this a very gaddisian tale; though he would have been 7 at the time.

<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881780,00.html>

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> actually, I am skeptical of this allegation. on p 27 there is talk of the
> boy's name: he was to be named stephen, but Aunt May "peremptorily supplied
> the name Wyatt from somewhere in the Gwyon geneaology"
>
> that "somewhere" means it isn't nearby, i.e. dad's name.
>
> so what is Rev Gwyon's christian name? a mystery...
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Ray Easton <kraimie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > A completer Gaddis reader has informed that Wyatt is also the dad's
>> first
>> > name,...
>> >
>>
>> Yes, I read that too.  But I'm sceptical.
>>
>> Could the someone who asserted this please explain to me how I am
>> supposed to conclude that the father and the son have the same first
>> names?
>>
>> Ray
>>
>
>
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