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[edit] Help on the Name's Etymology
What is the etymological basis to the professor's name? Was it completely dreamed up, or are there actually people going around with that name?
If the first part to the name is connected with the Latin deponent verb quatior and the second part to the name equally connected with the Latin verb metior (past participle messum), is it possible his name means "shake a ruler" or is that nothing more than a coincidence? If the Latin senses are wanting, could it actually be a cute reference to "Shakespeare Rules" (in a bastardized Latin sort of way)?
- Kneale got it out of a London telephone directory. If I remember the interview correctly, according to Kneale the man was a greengrocer in the East End. Angmering 20:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
