What's In A Name?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. What it means is "what matters is what something is, not what it is called" taken from Shakespeare 1600's Romeo and Juliet. Because of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, their love was troubled. So Juliet said: ""Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself though not a Montague. What's a Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, retain that dear perfection that he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and that name which is no part of thee. Take all myself." Locally, in the old days, people may be less educated and they gave their children simple names and as they have many children it may be quite a task so why not name them in association with their farm animals like (...