Welcome to the list! (A request: please try to cut down your
quoted
text as much as possible in future.)
: Why the name rara-avis? My daughter has been to (and is
about to go
: again) to a resort in Costa Rica called Rara-avis, no
electricity,
: no roads, you must get in by train and mule. Is there a
connection
: between the place in Costa Rica and the name of your
group?
Not directly. The name of the list comes from a line in _The
Maltese
Falcon_; Gutman refers to the black bird as a "rara avis" or
rare
bird. Eddie Duggan suggested the name, and sent the quote to
the list
once. Let me see. Here it is, from
<URL:
http://www.vex.net/~buff/rara-avis/archives/9702/msg00059.html>:
| "I was sure you would. Well, sir, the shortest farewells
are the
| best. Adieu." He made a portly bow. "And to you, Miss
O'Shaughnessy,
| adieu. I leave you the rara avis on the table as a
little momento."
Perhaps the phrase means the same thing in Spanish?
Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"Let's keep the party polite."
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