Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 1997/10

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: Re: censure
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:07:23 -0400

Gary_VanCott@-----.com wrote:
>
> Gary VanCott=NHIN
> 10/11/97 09:56 PM
> >>THE RECITAL, last evening in the chamber music room of the Erawan
> Hotel by US Pianist Myron Kropp, the first appearance of Mr. Kropp
> in Bangkok, can only be described by this reviewer and those who
> witnessed Mr. Kropp's performance as one of the most interesting...
>
> There is an Erawan Hotel in Bangkok. I have been there. I was suspicious of
> the name Kropp, however, which is an approximation of the Thai word for sir
> or mister.
>
> Gary Van Cott
> Las Vegas, NV

Isn't "Erawan" merely a modified version of "Erehwon", ie, "Nowhere"
spelt backwards?

R Howe