Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0021886, Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:32:23 +0300

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Don-plus-Quixote anagram
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Дон Кихот = ход + никто = док/код + Тихон/хитон/Хотин = дно + кит/тик (кот/ток) + ох (их) = охотник + д = похотник + д - п

Дон Кихот - Don Quixote
ход - motion, movement; procession; move (in chess, etc.)
никто - nobody
док - dock
код - code
Тихон - Tikhon
хитон - tunic
Хотин - Khotin*
дно - bottom
кит - whale
тик - tic
кот - tomcat
ток - current
ох - oh
их - their, them (Acc.)
охотник - hunter
похотник - clitoris

*Lomonosov's "The Khotin Ode" is the first Russian poem written in iambic tetrameter

Alexey Sklyarenko

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