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Chewing over something re: Twigsnapper/Boston

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:00 pm
by Jan Lundquist
Paul, you and we, the reader, have been led to believe (or allowed to believe) that the Twigsnapper mystery man on the web who corresponded with you is the same Boston-O'Riley (O'Reilly?) who beat "Morgan" to bits with a rolled up magazine.

The trim dandy I see in the Paris Fouquet's photo is somewhat shorter than Townsend and the sailors next to him. I would guess him to be about 5'6" or 5'7", but I wouldn't call him "diminutive, by any means. Was that really the term "Morgan" used to describe "Boston", or was that your term?

Re: Chewing over something re: Twigsnapper/Boston

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:12 am
by Paul Schatzkin
Jan Lundquist wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:00 pm The trim dandy I see in the Paris Fouquet's photo is somewhat shorter than Townsend and the sailors next to him. I would guess him to be about 5'6" or 5'7", but I wouldn't call him "diminutive, by any means. Was that really the term "Morgan" used to describe "Boston", or was that your term?
OK, so I looked up the definition of 'diminutive' and, yeah, that might be a poorly chosen word in this instance.

There are 110,000 words in this book. I am gratified to learn that's the only one I got wrong. 🤪

--PS

Re: Chewing over something re: Twigsnapper/Boston

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:59 am
by Jan Lundquist
There are 110,000 words in this book. I am gratified to learn that's the only one I got wrong.
LOL. Can there be any wrong/right words to describe mythical characters on the internet?