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Yo - Semite (fwd)
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From: Dmitri Nabokov
Both Earl Sampson's plausible hypotheses and Sylvia Wendel's
comprehensive comments certainly make sense. It is very likely that
VN's meticulous eye noticed the mimetic semeiotics of "Yosemite" road
signs as it did the Chur coincidence. I doubt if it goes beyond
patterns of language, but I did not mean to be flippant or
hyperskeptical. And my mention of the example was suggested by a query
in a different context of some weeks ago. So perhaps some of "Yosemite"
belongs in each of my clue categories, with a bit left over for Ebonics
and of course Prof. Ronnie W. is right: one must not lose sight of the
storytelling amid the forest of fascinating details. The only bit of
flora VN would not have endorsed is "SYMBOLISM". Substitute, for
instance, "IMAGERY".
DN