Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006463, Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:03:01 -0800

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[Fwd: Re: LATH's "clystere de Tchekhov"]
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EDITOR's NOTE. VN had a penchant for naming villains, especially
psychiatrists, with "black/white" names, e.g. Melanie Weiss.

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Subject: Re: LATH's "clystere de Tchekhov"
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 10:43:43 +0300 (MSK)
From: "redjames" <jwomack@yandex.ru>
Reply-To: jwomack@yandex.ru


I'd always thought that Kalikakov was a Russianised portmanteau of two
Greek words, 'kalos' (good) and 'kakos' (bad). The ambiguity of spying
and all that jazz... Therefore Tornikovski had overtones of 'turncoat'.
Maybe just me.

James Womack.
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Hoggamus, Higgamus: Man is Polygamous
Higgamus, Hoggamus: Woman Monogamous