Somehow when you're unnamed you're not part of language; you're still connected to the mother. And he actually had a female name. Remember he's called Christine for a while.

不管什么原因你没有名字就是没成为语言的一部分;,你还是与妈妈紧紧联系，事实上他会得到,一个女性的名字，记住他曾经一段时间被叫做克里斯汀那。

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The unnamed friend sounds quite a bit actually like Milton's disapproving father.

这位没有名字的朋友听起来有点像,认为弥尔顿不成器的父亲。

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