Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003302, Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:05:08 -0700

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"A Russian Beauty" Correction (fwd)
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To: NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
Subject: correction

From: gragb@showme.missouri.edu



Correction to my previous: The verb "perestarit'sia" (to grow very old)
does exist, I've found it in Dal's dictionary, and so the passive
participle "perestarivshiisia" is theoretically possible - my apologies to
Mr Ilyichev. This does not change the fact, however, that Nabokov has a
completely different word in his story.

Gennady Barabtarlo
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