Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005162, Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:16:19 -0700

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From: Kiran Krishna <kiran@Physics.usyd.edu.au>

Was Nabokov the first to come up with the oft-used symbol for the smile?

Interview with Alden Whitman, The New York Times, April, 1969

Q: How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate
past?

A: I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a
smile - some sort of a concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would
now like to trace in reply to your question.

Amusing.
yours
Kiran