One more whack and she would've given him one for every syllable in her name.
Wadanahalugeder Chandrasekera took an axe,
Gave her husband eleven whacks....
The meter doesn't quite flow, does it?
One more whack and she would've given him one for every syllable in her name.
Perhaps that may have been part of the intent....even with my comparatively tame real name, I still have to spell it about 3.4 times for everyone I meet. In addition to the unimaginable pain that her husband gave her as a result of his familial infidelity (incest? I suppose the definition varies culturally), he also gave her a name that would be a really tough one to deal with even in the present UK. By saying this I don't mean to imply that I'm sympathetic to her...quite the contrary. We all have crosses to bear in life but most of us don't resort to murder.