Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Glossary of Terms

I need to develop some mechanisms for protecting my anonymity whilst making it easier to write about my experiences. I have decided to replace real names and locations with suitable fictional ones. In the future, people and places will go by the following names:

The Economist
My dear husband. He's got blue eyes, a smoochable mouth, and he is a foot taller than me.

Pomorum City
My hometown. AKA Avalon. AKA The Fortunate Isle.

For example, Geoffrey of Monmouth says the isle

produces all things of it self... Of its own accord it produces grain and grapes, and apple trees grow in its woods from the close-clipped grass. The ground of its own accord produces everything instead of merely grass, and people live there a hundred years or more.

Isidore of Seville says

The name of the Isles of the Fortunate signifies that they bear all good things, as if happy and blessed in the abundance of their fruits.

The University of Pomorum
My law school. Also my undergrad school.

Pomorum
My home state.

Cow College
The Economist's university where he is doing his PhD. Also his undergrad school.

Cowville
Where Cow College is located. It is even lamer than Pomorum City, our hometown.

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