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Message from discussion Less Speek Strine (Re: S'ym's curl (was Re: New Mutants Torment))
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Damian Cugley  
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 More options Sep 18 1990, 12:40 pm
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From: p...@prg.ox.ac.uk (Damian Cugley)
Date: 18 Sep 90 16:40:04 GMT
Local: Tues, Sep 18 1990 12:40 pm
Subject: Less Speek Strine (Re: S'ym's curl (was Re: New Mutants Torment))
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From:           Ryan D Mathews <math...@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
Message-Id:     <1990Sep17.220...@cs.Buffalo.EDU>

> You have to remember that S'ym is supposed to be a grotesque parody of
> Cerebus the Aardvark (get it? S'ym == Sim?). As such, a curl makes a bit
> more sense than a horn.
> The way I heard it was that S'ym was Claremont's revenge for Charles X.
> Claremont and Wolveroach.

Weird.  When I first read the stories with S'ym in, I interpreted his
accent as being Australian - or at least an American facsimile thereof.
Do Canadians speak like Aussies from the point of view of USA people?

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