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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Pale Fire's Conmal
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:50:47 +0100 (CET)
From: soloviev@irit.fr
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References: <00ad01c74c83$c9d36690$6401a8c0@Don>


Please, notice that in French "Conmal" sounds quite pejorative
(the same Con+mal).

Best,

Sergei


> From: Don Johnson
>
> Quite aside from the lines of inquiry suggested by Carolyn and Jansy re
> Conmal, has anyone noticed the simple fact that the name consists of CON
> "to study carefully", "to learn" plus MAL ("bad, badly")--perhaps a
> reference to his pathetic command of English as witnessed by his
> Shakespeare translations.

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