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From: "Anatoly Vorobey" <mellon@pobox.com>
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> DBJ> In the last paragraph of his March 29, 1943 letter to Edmund Wilson,
VN wrote: "Did you see the last ("Russian") Life?
> DBJ> Vot govnyuki!" This last phrase was printed in indecipherable
Cyrillic characters, so I referred to the footnote for
> DBJ> the English translation, which read: "What shitheads!"
>
> To belabor the obvious, that was in a private letter rather than a
> public forum.
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> Anatoly Vorobey,
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> mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/
> "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton
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From: "Anatoly Vorobey" <mellon@pobox.com>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (13
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> DBJ> In the last paragraph of his March 29, 1943 letter to Edmund Wilson,
VN wrote: "Did you see the last ("Russian") Life?
> DBJ> Vot govnyuki!" This last phrase was printed in indecipherable
Cyrillic characters, so I referred to the footnote for
> DBJ> the English translation, which read: "What shitheads!"
>
> To belabor the obvious, that was in a private letter rather than a
> public forum.
>
> --
> Anatoly Vorobey,
> my journal (in Russian): http://www.livejournal.com/users/avva/
> mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/
> "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton
>