Posted by Ed Kiser on August 22, 2003 at 21:46:16 from 205.188.208.8 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Re: Words posted by John Nichols on August 22, 2003 at 19:22:35:
John -
You made the following observation:
"Pity AR never gave the D's a better name."
Begging your pardon, Sir, but there is ONE place in chapter 2 of PICTS AND MARTYRS when Dick and Dorothea are just getting off the train and Nancy comes running up to meet them and to take them home. Nancy greets them by "SCARABS, ahoy!"
No where else in that book are they referred to by that name. And this name was made even before they got their boat. I suppose there had been some communication as to what they had planned to name their boat which at that point in time was still at the boatbuilders, who of course had to know the name of the boat they were building so they could have its name painted on it.
At other times they were referred to as "The Picts", but such was a very temporary title which is indicative to their very temporary condition of having to hide out fromt the GA.