Kevin,

You'd be off the mark if you identified a lee scupper as a sewer drain.  A
scupper is an opening in the ship's side at deck level to allow water on
the deck to drain over the side.  A lee scupper is a scupper on the leeward
(downwind, and thus the "downhill" side of the deck) side of the vessel.
 In rough weather, a ship might take water on deck in rough weather, and
the water would drain off the deck through the lee scuppers.

Pretty finnicky, but I can't help it.  I'm an editor, by inclination and by
twaining.

Ken Sanderson



On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
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> A story about my Mark Twain Journal article on the origins of Mark Twain's
> nom de plume has appeared on the LA Review of Books. Here's the link:
>
> http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/a-new-theory-on-mark-twain
>
> He does a very nice job of explaining my wonky research to a broader
> readership, although true Twainians should all be loyal subscribers to the
> Mark Twain Journal and read the original.  There is one typo in his
> piece --"mark two" should read "mark 2." I suppose I'd also change "drain"
> to "sewer drain" for clarity.
>
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