Hmmm... the answer probably lies within a particular AMC list member though... ;> On March 6, 2006 andrew hay wrote: > it's definitely the name of wolfe's own car, and the oblique bits of > description suggest a very large and prewar chauffeured limousine. > from context i assumed 'cormorant' was merely stout's way of > suggesting a luxurious brand. > > " Now how was AMC any of those? I think she mis-used the word and really > " meant something else. Maybe you heard it wrong? Or did you see a > " transcript and it got written wrong? Sounds like she meant to say > " something positive, not negative. > > i don't know about that, though stout was extremely literate and > probably knew exactly what cormorant meant, and that car appears > periodically throughout the wolfe series on the rare occasions when > he has to travel. > > hmmm... wolfe is sometimes greedy and rapacious, though never at the > expense of the defenseless or just. > > " > " The panel gaps along M-B's new decklid make AMC spaces appear narrow! > " > > " > saab used to design wide gaps deliberately, so their doors etc. > " > couldn't freeze shut. > " > " Americans tend to judge other cars and cultures by our own conditions > " and standards, not withstanding any real reason there may be for > " others to think/do otherwise. Hmm... I have to say other cultures do > " us the same way -- human nature, I guess. > > in spades. all the social bits of our instincts are tuned for small > groups, and it's a truism of psych that large groups spontaneously > frag into smaller groups, each of which tend to see themselves as 'us' > and all the others as 'them'... > > this digression still leaves the mystery of teague's cormorant... > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist