Subject
Fwd: RE: ADA queries
From
Date
Body
Dear respondents,
Thank you all for your responses. I had seen the acetylene, and Mary
provides a possible metaphorical explanation, but Carolyn triggered a
more likely non-metaphorical answer (notice that there are carbide lamps
two pages later, Carolyn). Jansy's virtual negative response on
Brazilian class systems also triggered a different kind of realization.
Why are you "quite certain," Alexey, that Nabokov is playing on the
translation of a passage in Dostoevsky? After all, "upper-middle-class"
is a very common compound-which is precisely what makes VN's
"upper-upper-class" such a good joke.
If Carolyn and Mary would let me know what towns they live in, since I
identify contributors in the Acknowledgments on ADAonline by name and
location, I would be very grateful.
Brian Boyd
----- End forwarded message -----
Thank you all for your responses. I had seen the acetylene, and Mary
provides a possible metaphorical explanation, but Carolyn triggered a
more likely non-metaphorical answer (notice that there are carbide lamps
two pages later, Carolyn). Jansy's virtual negative response on
Brazilian class systems also triggered a different kind of realization.
Why are you "quite certain," Alexey, that Nabokov is playing on the
translation of a passage in Dostoevsky? After all, "upper-middle-class"
is a very common compound-which is precisely what makes VN's
"upper-upper-class" such a good joke.
If Carolyn and Mary would let me know what towns they live in, since I
identify contributors in the Acknowledgments on ADAonline by name and
location, I would be very grateful.
Brian Boyd
----- End forwarded message -----