east of Gilbert and the Erector Set

[Gerry Storm]

Now, if Zane's first name was, say, Norma or Norman, it might not be so
appealing...N.Zane Donnell or N. Zane Eisenstadt...

Nitpicking from NM,
G


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@HotPOP.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: east of Gilbert and the Erector Set


> From: "dian donnell" <meadow@austin.rr.com>
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> > i think Zane is a really pretty name, for a male or female.
> > Why would anyone not like it?
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> Everyone likes it. Zane is a REALLY pretty name but just
> not that of a woman. That's where the tension lay, it seemed
> to me, between Zane, the name, and this woman.
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> Also that she was married to Coke Dilworth. Coke? It was
> like they were drawn to one another nominally.
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> Adam Gopnik tells the story that his wife told him years
> later that she put off their first date for a week because
> of his name. Mrs. Gopnik? Yich!
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