MaryAnn, you're correct - Newt is short for Newton Leroy. I should have been more sensitive to the feelings of our salamander friends. However, some newts are poisonous. Just saying.
Monty Python..."How do you know she's a witch?" "She turned me into a newt." (Silence, as all eyes turn on an actual man making the claim). "Well...I got better."
Please don't disparage newts. His name might be short for Newton, in which case the honor of newts is unscathed. One can hope.
MaryAnn, you're correct - Newt is short for Newton Leroy. I should have been more sensitive to the feelings of our salamander friends. However, some newts are poisonous. Just saying.
Monty Python..."How do you know she's a witch?" "She turned me into a newt." (Silence, as all eyes turn on an actual man making the claim). "Well...I got better."
Prophetic satire!