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I think they're referring back to the opening post, which asked the significance of the name Esmer (ie, Aunt Esmerelda.)
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Yep. Clearly where SRD got his inspiration for Esmer.
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(Yes and the Monkey's I think sang about an Aunty with a simular name...grezelda? )
Don't forget SRD is famous for switching around sounds of words to bring about the same effect. The only problem with this is everybody "hears" differently. When I think of Esmer I think of Elmers School glue...
Maybe he is the binding or the bounding of many ideas...
(I also think of 'Else' the cow who was the icon for Borden Milk products)
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Fist and Faith wrote:Yep. Clearly where SRD got his inspiration for Esmer.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! Great one Fist and Faith!!! :S
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esmer- the closest i could find is this:

--- 'isomer: Chemistry. Any of two or more substances that are composed of the same elements in the same proportions but differ in properties"

-----'Greek isomeres, having equal share'.

could this have some significance to esmers duality?
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Post by 10k Gold Wielder »

Kinda makes me wonder if we're going to meet someone named Elda in Fatal Revenant. "Esmer! Elda! Yooo hoooo!!!!" LOL

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also the name Esmeralda is supposed to mean emerald in spanish. perhaps to do also with green eyes?
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You know SRD says that some of his names just come from his head...they're not ALL metafores.
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drew, we don't appreciate that kind of comment here at the Watch. We like to examine everything to death, and speculate way beyond anything SRD ever imagined. I like to think that SRD posts so rarely here (only twice, iirc) because he thinks we're lunatics. If we all start calming down, we lose our reputation. 'k?
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Acctually I don't think you guys are lunatics, and I've posted here a little over 400 times!
I thought you were a ripe grape
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Anele is Elena written backwards. Isn't it nice Sunder and Hollian paid hommage to Elena this way. ;)
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Or didn't. It's nice to think SRD made this reference, but he swears it's a coincidence.
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Post by Steve Hurtloam »

yeah, he's a writer. he must have seen that the word backwards was another name from his story. whatever. it's cool to me.
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Wait wait wait...SRD posted WHERE?


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fightingmyinstincts wrote:Wait wait wait...SRD posted WHERE?


<----Has missed something colossal
It's in his Gradual Interview, at his website...

www.stephenrdonaldson.com/

It's huge, so it'll take you a lot of time to sift though...

But it has a lot of interesting stuff.
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