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The Black Moon - #5 > What's in a Name? Clowance

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Dec 16, 2015 07:24PM

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page 197 of the 2015 edition published by Macmillan

"Clowance, Ross's daughter, was the name of the family home of the St Aubyns for centuries and is in the parish of Crowan."


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Dec 17, 2015 09:06PM

Tanya (tanyaoemig) | 640 comments Mod
We know that Jud thought Clowance was "Clarence" so the pronunciations must have been similar--at least with a Cornish accent. Here is a SPOILER clip from a movie based on The Stranger from the Sea (view spoiler). The name is stated at the beginning of the clip and rhymes with "cow fence."

Stranger from the Sea - Clowance


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