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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] [Fwd: Re: [NABOKV-L] (pronouncing "Pnin")]
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:04:03 -0800
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

I think it is pronounced "pin-yin." Nothing to do with Cyrillic, probably
the old-style transliteration of Chinese (Peking instead of Beijing).

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