Sometimes You Just Have to Quote (Neal Stephenson Edition)

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"He was born Graf Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Otto Friedrich von Übersetzenseehafenstadt, but changed his name to Nigel St. John Gloamthorpby, a.k.a. Lord Woadmire, in 1914. [...] Lord Woadmire is not related to the original ducal line of Qwhglm, the Moore family (Anglicized from the Qwghlmian clan name Mnyhrrgh) which had been terminated in 1888 by a spectacularly improbable combination of schistosomiasis, suicide, long-festering Crimean war wounds, ball lightning, flawed cannon, falls from horses, improperly canned oysters, and rogue waves."
— Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson

Yeah, I pretty much am Neal Steaphenson's target demographic.