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Gretchen Beck
Mar 1, 2003, 5:20:13 PM3/1/03
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I wonder whether this comes from the usage on Scottish clan names -- I
mean, I believe this may be where the SF writers got it from.
mean, I believe this may be where the SF writers got it from.
toodles, margaret
--On Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:54 PM +0000 Zebee Johnstone
<ze...@zip.com.au> wrote:
>>> Both are used. <House X> appears to be a modern construction, perhaps
>>>> a creation of 20th century sci-fi. <House of X> dates at least to the
>>>> 16th century.
>>>
>>> What sort of "X" was used?
>>>
>>> And in what context?
>>
>> Well, e.g., didn't Frank Herbert talk about "House Atreides,"
>> "House Harkonnen," instead of "House of {Proper Noun}"?
>>
>
> Not the SF context, the period context.
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