Subject: Re: Ray Kinsella!
From: Chris Kubica @Home (@Home)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2001 - 08:59:27 GMT
I know W. P. Kinsella. I'll ask him sometime.
Chris Kubica
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Author of FileMaker Pro: The Complete Reference
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecilia Baader" <cbaader@cubsmvp.com>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: RE: Ray Kinsella!
> "Besiada, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Besiada@nextel.com> wrote:
>
> >I made the same "discovery" last October, I believe (check the October
> >archives). I was told (as the patient crowd yawned, I imagine) that
> >"Kinsella" is quite the popular Irish surname (I believe Cecilia's
> >grandmother was a Kinsella).
>
> Ah. I hope I didn't make you feel badly-- I was just dropping in some
etymology of the name because I thought you might find it interesting. I
only knew because my old Granny's people were Kinsellas. Meaning, for those
who didn't catch it the first time, black crown or black headed, from the
Gaelic.
>
> >So much for my fantastic delusion of fabricated pen names and hidden
> >subtleties.
>
> I don't think it was a delusion. I think that W.P. Kinsella probably made
that connection purposely, considering the already existing Salinger link in
SHOELESS JOE. I guess an interesting question would be to understand why.
Is it just because of the shared last name? Or is there a quality to
Salinger's Kinsella that W.P. Kinsella wanted to enhance in his own? I
don't know if that question was ever answered. I certainly can't answer
it-- it's been too long since my exposure to both the book and the move.
The study of it might prove interesting, however.
>
> Regards,
> Cecilia.
>
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