tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post6554649806010051178..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: The National Mythology ExamGary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-45342413037315224812010-05-22T15:24:23.000+10:002010-05-22T15:24:23.000+10:00Rachel, naming characters is almost as fraught as ...Rachel, naming characters is almost as fraught as naming children, except you get to do it more often. Unless you have an extraordinarily large family, that is.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-70495665759898388022010-05-22T15:20:46.257+10:002010-05-22T15:20:46.257+10:00Thank you, Auntie Leonie!Thank you, Auntie Leonie!Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-46587818186832421452010-05-22T15:15:38.074+10:002010-05-22T15:15:38.074+10:00Congratulations Catriona.Congratulations Catriona.Leoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749221234617050627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-43546010348879731972010-05-22T09:57:57.993+10:002010-05-22T09:57:57.993+10:00Congratulations, Catriona! That's truly a feat...Congratulations, Catriona! That's truly a feat.<br /><br />And I have a dilemma: do I name a character Cassandra or Catriona, or save the names for any future children? Ah, well, I've got plenty of time to decide on the second one._*rachel*_https://www.blogger.com/profile/03293167107180931700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-55353515805934288062010-05-22T09:05:01.811+10:002010-05-22T09:05:01.811+10:00Thanks L.T. & Susan.
Since the Mythology Ex...Thanks L.T. & Susan. <br /><br />Since the Mythology Exam originates in America, I would have thought many more Americans were doing it, but it seems even people who are interested in classics haven't necessarily heard of this?<br /><br />Then who are the 10,000 registered?Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-11675714513795254212010-05-22T03:27:47.512+10:002010-05-22T03:27:47.512+10:00Congratulations to Catriona! It must be in the gen...Congratulations to Catriona! It must be in the genes. :)Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-26582589894760367822010-05-22T03:26:00.287+10:002010-05-22T03:26:00.287+10:00How very cool! I wish we had had something like th...How very cool! I wish we had had something like that here when I was in school-- I would have been all over it :)<br /><br />Congrats to Catriona.L. T. Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448176940211118898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-58548329620847687772010-05-21T18:39:58.925+10:002010-05-21T18:39:58.925+10:00Catriona says to say thank you all! (But is a bit...Catriona says to say thank you all! (But is a bit too shy to say it herself.)<br /><br />To answer the questions:<br /><br />I wanted to call one of the girls Cassandra, but was vetoed when my wife Helen (so appropriately named) discovered that Cassandra was cursed always to tell the truth but never to be believed. Alas, now I shall have to wait for granddaughters and then apply pressure. <br /><br />Our younger daughter by the way is Megan. There's no loss of privacy in revealing their names since the whole world can read them on the acknowledgements page come October.<br /><br />Catriona has never worked on mythological allusions, but has indeed helped with the books. In <i>Pericles Commission</i> she rebalanced a few of my sentences she didn't like. ("Daddy, you got that sentence wrong. It should be like this...") The catalog copy of <i>The Pericles Commission</i> -- that's the description of the book in the publisher's catalog -- was written by Catriona and me together.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-21095672055830398252010-05-21T17:38:06.624+10:002010-05-21T17:38:06.624+10:00What RWMG said. How great for you to have an expe...What RWMG said. How great for you to have an expert consultant right there in your own house. Congratulations to Catriona! (And what a beautiful name! Is she relieved, given your historical inclinations, not to be named Clytemnestra or Automedusa?)<br /><br />(And, totally irrelevant, Automedusa? What? She turned herself to stone?)Loretta Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253542701930736398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-89127448587239201242010-05-21T17:13:24.246+10:002010-05-21T17:13:24.246+10:00Wow. Congrats to Catriona. Do you run any mytholog...Wow. Congrats to Catriona. Do you run any mythological references in your books by her?RWMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04271851970303022440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-91365113166228694352010-05-21T15:52:14.243+10:002010-05-21T15:52:14.243+10:00That's totally cool! I didn't know such a...That's totally cool! I didn't know such a test existed, but your daughter should be totally proud.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-82206439028556101392010-05-21T14:33:17.681+10:002010-05-21T14:33:17.681+10:00Awesome!! Congratulations to her!Awesome!! Congratulations to her!Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.com