Published Book By Dr S E Maturin

[alltoseek]

From the film's deleted scenes, chapter "Shipboard Life":

Bonden reads out the title, we are shown the subtitle and authorship:

DISEASES
MOST USUAL AMONG
SEAMEN
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AN Examination of Existing Conditions with particular
attention given to the Pervasive Corrupting Influence
of the GROG ration.

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BY DR. S. E. M A T U R I N.
Of TRINITY COLLEGE, Fellow of the ROYAL SOCIETY
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FIRST EDITION

If anyone has a screencap I would be happy to add it!

Comments

[esteven]

You'll be welcome for a second helping. There may no longer be elderberry jam, but rhubarb-strawberry also goes down well on scones topped with clotted cream. :)

*waves cheerfully after you*

[alltoseek]

Why does 'John' abbreviate to 'Jno'?

That is the oddest thing...

I think that's why I kept thinking he was Jonathon. Because why even bother with an abbreviation for 'John'? Seems plenty short already.

[heather_mist]

It is very odd and not one that I would ever think of using myself - but according to a British Geneology forumthat I looked up,
"Jno. is an abbreviation of the Latin Johannes. In medieval Latin this could be written as Jhohannes, abbreviated Jho. It has been suggested that the second letter (h) lost its ascender over the years, and came to be written as n. So the abbreviation became Jno."

I have no idea whether this is right or not - but it is an explanation of sorts I suppose.
*shrugs nonplussed*
(I wonder if anyone ever shrugs plussed?!)

[alltoseek]

So he's Johannes Aubrey! *g*


plussed - there's another one, alright.

[ozfille]

It could be a traditional name in the family.

[ozfille]

Great minds think alike! *g*

[esteven]

We might have read that? Anyway, we will continue to call him by first name only. :)

[ozfille]

No I've never read it anywhere. I think if Stephen has a middle name it's probably a deepest dark secret, not to be revealed to anyone.

[feroxargentea]

I had thought it was Johannes to Jns - and then if you write the s in that circular sort of way that people often do, it mutates into Jno. I probably just made that up, though.

Medieval scribes must have got pretty tired of writing it, since every other man was called John (or else had some barbaric Welsh name for which any civilised scribe would substitute "John")

[esteven]

*g* It is likely in ciphers to the power of three times three. :)

[alltoseek]

Maybe he made up the E to sound spiffier. Or his publisher did :-)

[feroxargentea]

Maybe there was already a popular author of the time called S. Maturin-with-no-E, so our guy had to pick something different. Maybe Samuel Maturin wrote something dodgy, 50 Shades of Navy Blue or something.

50 Shades of Navy Blue

[alltoseek]

Fifty Shades of Navy Blue

Oh good god. There go the plot bunnies hopping about madly. Fifty of them. Holy fu------

If "Samuel Maturin" did write something of the sort, I am sure that it would be our Stephen in pseudonym! (He's so sneaky, he would think: No one would suspect me of writing such a thing under my own name. Therefore they will all think it is someone else entirely, coincidentally using my name as a nom-de-plume, or just happening to be another Maturin.

Alright, remember that "missing year" fic I suggested we all co-write like the Journeyad? I have a theme for it: "Forty-Nine and a Half Weeks".


*makes note to start co-writing comm on DW*

Re: 50 Shades of Navy Blue

[feroxargentea]

Feel free to use for_all_love, if you like.

Re: The E stands for

[sharpiefan]

ROFLOL!

(Unfortunately I do not have an AoSish LOL icon.)

[sharpiefan]

Don't they! :D

Re: 50 Shades of Navy Blue

[alltoseek]

Would you join?

*is not doing this by herself*

[sharpiefan]

*adds a dash of red here and there for variety's sake*

[sharpiefan]

I agree.

Might I have coffee with my scone, rather than tea? And plenty of jam and cream, of course.

[alltoseek]

*red is obvs a shade of navy blue*

*also adds gold*

[sharpiefan]

There had better be coffee allowed to be had with these scones, for all love.

I don't know that people would've signed with their middle initials at the time, even if/when they had middle names.

[sharpiefan]

Because Jon is short for Jonathan, my plum. And you cannot sign a formal document, such as a report, as 'Jack', for all love.

[alltoseek]

you cannot sign a formal document, such as a report, as 'Jack'

Well, duh, but you can sign it as 'John' :P

So what's short for 'Johnathon'?


And if John can shorten to Jno I don't see why either Jonathon or Johnathon can't also shorten to Jno. English is weird.

Re: 50 Shades of Navy Blue

[feroxargentea]

I could try... I've not written anything all year :-(

[feroxargentea]

There is always coffee round here - Esteven is generally offering the right true mocha.

*passes the jam and cream*