On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > At 08:44 PM 8/26/2003 -0500, Matthew Walsh wrote: > > > >And an entirely irrelevant observation: among the scenes that Vlad sees > >in Morrolan's Window in _Issola_ is an athyra-like bird falling to > >earth; did this make anyone else think of Ariel in _To Reign in Hell_? > > Tee hee. For the language mavens out there, does this represent a titter or a giggle or something even more sinister?