He was called Shaw, although he spelled it Pshaw, like the exclamation of disbelief, but without the exclamation mark, obviously.
Pshaw claimed the s was silent, naturally, so pronounced his name as "Paw," which could be awkward when he introduced himself to others. "I am poor," he would say, and charitable people would often give him a quarter.
"I ask no quarter," he would respond to such largesse, which could also be awkward. Fortunately, we do not live in medieval times, or else he might be run through by his interlocutor's sword.
I do not pretend to be the equal of P. G Wodehouse (pronounced Woodhouse). Indeed, dear old Pelham Grenville forgot more funny names than I will ever know. But I do think Pshaw possesses more comic possibility than Psmith.
To which purists no doubt respond "Pshaw!"
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