I was in a piece of fiction once. A fellow who dated one of my roommates in college had published in a magazine a short story that featured Miss Whitney, mean English teacher. I figured he remembered me. Now, I AM the mean English teacher. frances xoxoo --- Miles Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > I was interested to note that in the season finale > of the HBO series "Deadwood" (set in the infamous > mining camp of Deadwood, South Dakota, circa 1876) > there was a wedding performed to join two of the > characters; as often happens in such cases we learn > the full names of the characters being wed. The > groom, who has gone two years, I believe, without > anyone calling him anything but "Ellsworth" or "Mr. > Ellsworth," is named "Whitney Conway Elsworth." > (Note that the character's full name is composed > entirely of family names which does, of course, > occur.) I suppose the writers just pulled the > Whitney name out of a hat, but it is a good choice. > W.C. Ellsworth is one of the show's more honest and > reliable figures if not one of the smartest. The > marriage is one of convenience rather than love, so, > dramatically speaking, the outcome is uncertain; > they are friends and business associates more than > anything else. > > Miles > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net > > > > > >

Although my grandmother Mary Rosette Whitney 9 (1880-1935) is the last Whitney in my line, I too appeared in a piece of fiction. I am mentioned in the novel by Tony Hillerman. The Blessing Way. New York: Dell 1970. On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Frances Whitney wrote: > I was in a piece of fiction once. A fellow who dated > one of my roommates in college had published in a > magazine a short story that featured Miss Whitney, > mean English teacher. I figured he remembered me. > > Now, I AM the mean English teacher. > > frances > xoxoo > > --- Miles Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was interested to note that in the season finale >> of the HBO series "Deadwood" (set in the infamous >> mining camp of Deadwood, South Dakota, circa 1876) >> there was a wedding performed to join two of the >> characters; as often happens in such cases we learn >> the full names of the characters being wed. The >> groom, who has gone two years, I believe, without >> anyone calling him anything but "Ellsworth" or "Mr. >> Ellsworth," is named "Whitney Conway Elsworth." >> (Note that the character's full name is composed >> entirely of family names which does, of course, >> occur.) I suppose the writers just pulled the >> Whitney name out of a hat, but it is a good choice. >> W.C. Ellsworth is one of the show's more honest and >> reliable figures if not one of the smartest. The >> marriage is one of convenience rather than love, so, >> dramatically speaking, the outcome is uncertain; >> they are friends and business associates more than >> anything else. >> >> Miles >> >> >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________ >> Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 e-mail: [email protected] Cultural anthropology...is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal. Edward Sapir (1949:151)