Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009198, Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:31:35 -0800

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From: Oleg Dorman
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:19 PM
Subject: Professor Cunt


Interesting to notice: Kant sounds in Russian as (excuse me, please) CUNT. Which brings Russian schoolboys who study English much joy.
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From: D. Barton Johnson
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:28 AM
Subject: Kant


'- because at the other end, at the heel end of the Vaniada divan - remember? - there was only the closet in which you two locked me up at least ten times.'

'Nu uzh i desyat' (exaggeration). Once - and never more. It had a keyless hole as big as Kant's eye. Kant was famous for his cucumicolor iris.'
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