"Richard Liang" <rhliang@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:3D56D6A3.4020906@interchange.ubc.ca...
> Michael Wignall wrote:
> >"nickay420" <removethisnickay@charter.net> wrote in message
> >news:ulbjti6qrbiq4f@corp.supernews.com...
> >>if shinji is the third child, rei the second, and asuka
> >> the fourth.. then who was the first?
<Snip>
> >There is no such thing as a "Child" title designating
> >a pilot in the original Japanese version of Evangelion.
> >They use the English word "Children" and they use it
> >on purpose (ie it is not a mistake).
> >
> Is there an official explanation to this?  I had heard
> that it was  because collectively the Rei clones were
> considered the "First Children"  and to keep people
> from catching on they designated them all "children".

That is the theory, but no there has never been an
"official explanation" given as far as I know. It is
known however that the use of the English term
"Children" was intended, and there was meaning
behind it.

--
Michael Wignall
"Tomorrow's just an excuse away..."