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Searchers for logic should avoid Sterne like the plague! The best way I can explain him is that his humour is typically British - think Blackadder, Monty Python, the Goon Show - but much more discursive and, to modern tastes, long-winded. I can't take him in large doses, but Tristram Shandy is a good book to keep in the bathroom ...
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Totally agree. Sterne tries to be convoluted as a plot device. It's entertaining, unless you are thinking clearly. ;)
In any case, were this a real and true child... I would guess that many older customs state that once a baby is named, it is named. Cannot change the name.
My grandmother is named Lila... but the nurse accidently wrote Lyla on her birth certificate. All of her legal paperwork says Lyla, except that her mother always told her that her name was Lila. It wasn't until the late 90s that my gram ever learned it was possible to change her name.
In any case, were this a real and true child... I would guess that many older customs state that once a baby is named, it is named. Cannot change the name.
My grandmother is named Lila... but the nurse accidently wrote Lyla on her birth certificate. All of her legal paperwork says Lyla, except that her mother always told her that her name was Lila. It wasn't until the late 90s that my gram ever learned it was possible to change her name.
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"Totally agree. Sterne tries to be convoluted as a plot device. It's entertaining, unless you are thinking clearly. ;)" Funny, but I hate when authors do that -- especially when they're so transparent about it.
BTW, my mother's name was accidental, but it was a happy accident for her. You see, her mother was illiterate and named her Margot. My mother was never sure what my gm meant by that. Did she mean Margaret but wasn't able to pronounce it correctly? Did she mean Margot with the t pronounced? Who knows, but until the day she died, my gm called my mother MarGOT. Okay, moving on ... my mother was named after her mother's sister, Ella May. Where my mom lived, the city registrar would periodically visit houses inquiring if there had been any recent births. It was she who named my mom Margaret Ellen Mae and my mom was glad she did!
BTW, my mother's name was accidental, but it was a happy accident for her. You see, her mother was illiterate and named her Margot. My mother was never sure what my gm meant by that. Did she mean Margaret but wasn't able to pronounce it correctly? Did she mean Margot with the t pronounced? Who knows, but until the day she died, my gm called my mother MarGOT. Okay, moving on ... my mother was named after her mother's sister, Ella May. Where my mom lived, the city registrar would periodically visit houses inquiring if there had been any recent births. It was she who named my mom Margaret Ellen Mae and my mom was glad she did!
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Presumably due to the contempt with the marriage contract; I believe that Sterne was an attorney yet satirically poked fun at legalized jargon.
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