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From: jansymello
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Fw: here it is (Vintage edition) old Lesbian...
A question lingers: Why did VN write Lesbian using a capital letter?
Presumably because Lesbian is a proper noun, meaning (originally) a person from Lesbos.
Lester Yeo
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From: jansymello
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Fw: here it is (Vintage edition) old Lesbian...
A question lingers: Why did VN write Lesbian using a capital letter?
Presumably because Lesbian is a proper noun, meaning (originally) a person from Lesbos.
Lester Yeo
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