Ah, delayed drop. One of the Native Australian cricketers is the guess of this household having consulted, the Native Australian given the name in the ghastly tradition of classical slave-names, being cognate precisely with classical dog-names. My dog, he said firmly, is not called after the Queen of Carthage, nor the chanteuse, but after that heroine of the fictive London of Joan Aiken, the kappelmeister’s daughter Miss Dido Twite.
Peter said,
February 2, 2004 at 9:59 pm
There must be a catch here: Sir Julius Caesar? Julius Caesar Scaliger?
Peter said,
February 2, 2004 at 10:03 pm
Ah, delayed drop. One of the Native Australian cricketers is the guess of this household having consulted, the Native Australian given the name in the ghastly tradition of classical slave-names, being cognate precisely with classical dog-names. My dog, he said firmly, is not called after the Queen of Carthage, nor the chanteuse, but after that heroine of the fictive London of Joan Aiken, the kappelmeister’s daughter Miss Dido Twite.