On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:41:08 -0600, Chemiker
> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:17:32 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> "Pilar" (I've never heard that name).
> >
> >I did a Google. 28 million hits:
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar
> >
> >"Maria del Pilar (Mary of the Pillar), derived from the above, is a
> >common female name in Latin American countries. In Spain, it is usually
> >abbreviated to Pilar, and as such developed into a name in its own
> >right."
>
> "For Whomm the Bell Tolls": the rebel leader's wife was named Pilar.
> She was the woman who brought up the orphan they called "guapa"
> (rabbit), who is the herione of the Hemigway tale.
>
He has lived in Texas for *how long* but hasn't heard of the name
Pilar? Good god. Well, now we know how much of a hermit he is.


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