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Updated: May 28, 2025

My father repeatedly tried to turn the conversation from himself, but Mrs. Humdrum and Yram wanted to know about Nna Haras, as they persisted in calling my mother how she endured her terrible experiences in the balloon, when she and my father were married, all about my unworthy self, and England generally.

Samuel Butler - Erewhon Revisited

My poor mother's name, for example, was really Nna Haras, and Mahaina's Enaj Ysteb, which he dared not face. He, therefore, gave these characters the first names that euphony suggested, without any attempt at translation.

Samuel Butler - Erewhon Revisited