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        "Richard H. Armstrong" <[log in to unmask]>

Tue 11:20 AM

>Kevin, come on, there aren't very many little kids (big kids or adults
>reading Jurassic Park) whose psyche is attracted to the vegetarian
>dinosaur.
>Is there ANYONE whose psyche resonates with big leaf-eaters?
>Tyrannosaurus
>rex ain't Rex for nothing.
>
>Diane Davenport in
>W Hollywood CA

WEll, as the father of a son who is smack in the middle of the dinosaur
phase, I can say, yes, there are such children.  He varies, though, in
his
identifications.  Of late he sides with the stegasaurus and paleoscincus
against the "Sharptooth" T-rex, Allosaurus, Deinochus, etc.
occasionally
he then lapses into being a T-Rex.  This is all conditioned by the Land
Before Time series.

                Richard Armstrong



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        "Richard H. Armstrong" <[log in to unmask]>

Tue 11:24 AM


>2) who first used the word?

I believe its present currency is due to Emile Durkheim (1858-1917),
specifically his book _Suicide_.  As I recall he used the concept to
explain a rash of suicide among the young in Fin de siecle Europe.

        Richard



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        Department of Modern and Classical Languages
        University of Houston
        Houston, TX 77204-3784

        http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/faculty/armstrong/home

        Office Telephone: 713/743-3045
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