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Hello Siri Vane,
As far as concerns 'goblet', it might be a diminuitive of gob: 'a lump, clot
of some slimy substance' (OED). Something, perhaps, like pear-shaped
droplets(!) of light? I admit I don't know where it appears in Ada.
And for 'fawnlet': a fawn is a young deer in the first year. But I think you
mean 'faunlet', which Nabokov uses in Pale Fire as an masculine equivalent
for 'nymphet': a young attractive boy.
Hafid Bouazza
2009/11/30 Siri Vane <neptunes_only_daughter@hotmail.com>
> Hello List,
> Currently reading a seminal work about the history of Iraq, the authors'
> surname "Sluglett" triggered in me a memory of many diminuitive "-lets"
> in V.N.'s novels and I decided for myself that maybe "sluglet" was a word
> only waiting to be discovered and put to use by V.N.
> The only "-lets" I remembered were "wavelet" and "goblet", and I was
> further reminded of "fawnlet" (what might that mean?) as well as "radugalet"
> and "motor laundalet" (meaning?).
> I remembered "goblet" to mean "little gob" (mouth?), but apparently it
> appears in Ada as "goblets of light". I'd be happy if someone could clear
> up what that is supposed to mean. Otherwise I wanted to ask the list
> to remind me
>
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As far as concerns 'goblet', it might be a diminuitive of gob: 'a lump, clot
of some slimy substance' (OED). Something, perhaps, like pear-shaped
droplets(!) of light? I admit I don't know where it appears in Ada.
And for 'fawnlet': a fawn is a young deer in the first year. But I think you
mean 'faunlet', which Nabokov uses in Pale Fire as an masculine equivalent
for 'nymphet': a young attractive boy.
Hafid Bouazza
2009/11/30 Siri Vane <neptunes_only_daughter@hotmail.com>
> Hello List,
> Currently reading a seminal work about the history of Iraq, the authors'
> surname "Sluglett" triggered in me a memory of many diminuitive "-lets"
> in V.N.'s novels and I decided for myself that maybe "sluglet" was a word
> only waiting to be discovered and put to use by V.N.
> The only "-lets" I remembered were "wavelet" and "goblet", and I was
> further reminded of "fawnlet" (what might that mean?) as well as "radugalet"
> and "motor laundalet" (meaning?).
> I remembered "goblet" to mean "little gob" (mouth?), but apparently it
> appears in Ada as "goblets of light". I'd be happy if someone could clear
> up what that is supposed to mean. Otherwise I wanted to ask the list
> to remind me
>
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> Alle tips en trics. Ontdek nu de nieuwe Windows Live<http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/tipsItemDetail.aspx>
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> Nabokv-L Policies <http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm> Manage
> subscription options <http://listserv.ucsb.edu/>
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