jon wrote:

> "Maru is also a defense against the cultural imperialism of the
> Culture."
>
> are you referring to ian banks?
> http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~stefan/culture.html

That's the one.  Several people here are also members of the Culture list.
>
> what are GSVs and ROUs?

Ship types.  If my memory serves, General Service Vehicle and Rapid  
Offensive Unit.

> "Maru is a way of adding remarks at the end of a message in a way
> distinctive and exclusive to Brin-L"
>
> do you know the derivation of when the apellation "san" is added to
> names e.g. momotaru-san?

Nope.

Doug
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