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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: Botkin, V
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:06:23 -0500
From: Alexander Drescher <alexander@musicwoodsfarm.com>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References: <C5C28F0F.3A3A%skb@bootle.biz>


This message was originally
Possible variant for most non-Brits:

Her aunt, with a gasp,
"That's a wasp in your grasp..

a[s]d


On Feb 18, 2009, at 11:22 PM, Stan Kelly-Bootle wrote:
> ...
>
> ** Elaine will know of the Menzies pronounced Mingus spelling
> quirk, but for others there’s a helpful lmerick
>
> A lively young damsel named Menzies
> Inquired: "Do you know what this thenzies?"
> Her aunt, with a gasp,
> Replied: "It's a wasp,
> And you're holding the end where the stenzies."
>
> skb
>

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