Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0022969, Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:20:29 +0300

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Re: Box, and/or how to say sobaka in English
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CK: The proper English translation of sobaka is bitch.

Russian word for "bitch" is suka (cf. sukin syn, "son of a bitch;" kobel' is "husband of a bitch"). Although feminine, sobaka is not necessarily "female dog" (pyos is always "male dog").

Igor Stravinsky (the author of Firebird, etc.) was a friend of Nicolas Nabokov (the composer, author of charming memoirs Bagazh, VN's cousin).

Alexey Sklyarenko

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