Backing up a bit, the correspondent from Australia was mistaken when he said that the first instance of Virgil as a first name in the US occurred with the composer Virgil Thompson. Not true. The name has been used in the US for generations and, Virgil Thompson notwithstanding, (dare I say it here?) typically has rural, country bumpkin, or even "hillbilly" connotations.
Greg Farnum Rochester Hills, Michigan Dr Helen Conrad wrote: > And let us not forget Vergil of Salzburg whose discussions of the antipodes > made poor Boniface so nervous. > Helen Conard-O'Briain > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
