Anonymous Object Newbie Query

Hi there

I'm starting to learn C# and am trying to understand how Anonymous Objects work. The code below will not compile because "Object does not contain a definition for Name". My understanding was that an anonymous classes were children of the object class. Since the compiler allowed me to type o=v, then o references the anonymous object v. Why can't I read its name then? I tried to cast v to object using

Code:

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(o = object) v

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but it made no difference...?

Code:

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static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var v = new {Name= "Nigel", Age = 50};
            object o;
            o = v;
            Console.WriteLine(o.Name);
        }

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Thank you for your time!

* o = (object) v
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