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Brian Boyd says in /Nabokov's Pale Fire/, p. 204, "her 'powder'-'red wop'
calls up in a flash an immigrant anarchist planting a bomb."
Wikipedia says, "The men [Sacco and Vanzetti] were followers of Luigi
Galleani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galleani>, an Italian anarchist
who advocated revolutionary violence, including
bombing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing>and
assassination <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination>. Galleani
published *Cronaca Sovversiva* (*Subversive Chronicle*), a periodical that
advocated violent revolution, and an explicit bomb-making manual called *La
Salute è in voi!*. At the time, Italian anarchists ranked at the top of the
American government's list of dangerous enemies and had been identified as
suspects in several violent bombings and assassination attempts..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti
I associate anarchism with black more than red, but that may not be
relevant.
The only similar term I know for cheap Italian red wine is "dago red", and I
think I know that mostly from /M*A*S*H/.
Jerry Friedman
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Matthew Roth <MRoth@messiah.edu> wrote:
> A simple query. VN, we are told, found "delightful" the mirror
> words powder and "red wop." What does red wop mean? I read somewhere that it
> was slang word for cheap Italian wine. Is that right? If so, why is this
> particular inversion delightful? Is there some connection between powder and
> wine that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Roth
>
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calls up in a flash an immigrant anarchist planting a bomb."
Wikipedia says, "The men [Sacco and Vanzetti] were followers of Luigi
Galleani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galleani>, an Italian anarchist
who advocated revolutionary violence, including
bombing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing>and
assassination <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination>. Galleani
published *Cronaca Sovversiva* (*Subversive Chronicle*), a periodical that
advocated violent revolution, and an explicit bomb-making manual called *La
Salute è in voi!*. At the time, Italian anarchists ranked at the top of the
American government's list of dangerous enemies and had been identified as
suspects in several violent bombings and assassination attempts..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti
I associate anarchism with black more than red, but that may not be
relevant.
The only similar term I know for cheap Italian red wine is "dago red", and I
think I know that mostly from /M*A*S*H/.
Jerry Friedman
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Matthew Roth <MRoth@messiah.edu> wrote:
> A simple query. VN, we are told, found "delightful" the mirror
> words powder and "red wop." What does red wop mean? I read somewhere that it
> was slang word for cheap Italian wine. Is that right? If so, why is this
> particular inversion delightful? Is there some connection between powder and
> wine that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Roth
>
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