On 31/05/2017 11:29 PM, Andrew Lancaster wrote: > On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 1:20:08 PM UTC+2, Peter Stewart wrote: > >> Q. Slip 78. Sherif Abd el Mayin of Slip 68 becomes el Main, el Mayein, >> el Muein, el Mayin, and el Muyein. >> >> A. Good egg. I call this really ingenious. > The poor editor. :) Of course he still had to do his job somehow I suppose. I can sympathise with him over the immoral/immortal poet, but not over the variety of name forms. In communication, understanding is all - and Lawrence was not trying to communicate with people who couldn't take in two or more forms of the same name. Peter Stewart