"Upset" & other nomenological phenomena

[Baker, John]

        King John II might plausibly hope to live down the failures of the first King John, but no king could live up to the mythical accomplishments of King Arthur.

John Baker


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From: Fred Shapiro [mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:02 PM
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Subject: Re: "Upset" & other nomenological phenomena


On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Baker, John wrote:

>         The line of succession given at
> http://www.begent.freeserve.co.uk/history/succession.htm does not list
> any Johns in the next 150 people in line for the throne, but the equally
> unlikely Arthur may be found at number 15, Arthur David Nathaniel
> Chatto.

Why is Arthur equally unlikely?  Is it that having a King Arthur would
contradict the notion that the original King Arthur will return to rule
Britain some day?  Apart from that angle, I would think Arthur would be a
name with much more positive royal associations than John.

Fred Shapiro