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Thread #159246   Message #3778070
Posted By: EBarnacle
11-Mar-16 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Obit Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016)
Subject: RE: Obit Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016)
While reading this thread and thinking back to playing in Richard III, I had a question peep through: What is the origin of his last name?
Is it a pejorative, meaning one of his ancestors was crooked or had scoliosis or is it a compliment, meaning an ancestor was a scholar but clearly not a monk?