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VN as Nobody, Ada as a murderess
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> So VN often mistook "Nobody" for "Nabokov."
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> Matt Roth
Dear Matt Roth,
Well, he would be, wouldn't he? I mean nobody would be mistaken for
Nabokov.
It's the same joke - - Polyphemus's and the Looking Glass king's - - hm.
Hadn't thought of it before - - Kinbote is the Looking Glass king?
Carolyn
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>did you notice that the version proposed by Ada is not about trees?
Oka is a river near Moscow (well known to Russians), and Baie is
Bay/Golf - almost "Palm Beach" here ---
Dear Sergei,
Thank you for explaining Ada's little jest. I had missed it's aquatic
nature.
By the way, to make another jump, has anyone besides me (and Van)
noticed that Ada is an accomplished murderess (to change the subject of
PF over which someone recently expressed waning enthusiasm)?
Carolyn
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> Matt Roth
Dear Matt Roth,
Well, he would be, wouldn't he? I mean nobody would be mistaken for
Nabokov.
It's the same joke - - Polyphemus's and the Looking Glass king's - - hm.
Hadn't thought of it before - - Kinbote is the Looking Glass king?
Carolyn
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>did you notice that the version proposed by Ada is not about trees?
Oka is a river near Moscow (well known to Russians), and Baie is
Bay/Golf - almost "Palm Beach" here ---
Dear Sergei,
Thank you for explaining Ada's little jest. I had missed it's aquatic
nature.
By the way, to make another jump, has anyone besides me (and Van)
noticed that Ada is an accomplished murderess (to change the subject of
PF over which someone recently expressed waning enthusiasm)?
Carolyn
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