> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 4:32 AM > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: GS 8 > At 05:27 PM 7/16/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote: > >>Oosterwyck - fabled for beauty and sensuality, hired as a > >>dance troupe for the Initiation Ceremony (pg 186) > > > >I wonder where David Brin got the idea for that clan name. > > > >There is town a few dozen kilometers from where I live, called > >Oisterwijk. The spelling is slightly different, but the name is > >pronounced exactly like Oosterwyck. > > I thought of you when I saw that. > > I wonder if DB ever took a vacation there? Heck, I wonder if DB even > remembers where he came up with that..... ;-) The only way to find out if he does remember is asking Him. So I asked, and He answered. He does not remember where he got the idea for that name. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l
