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Fw: Query" Kapuskan patois? (fwd)
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From: alex <sklyarenko@users.mns.ru>
Kapuskasing is a small town in central Ontario, in S Canada, says my
dictionary. You can also find it on the map (like lakes Nipissing and
Nipigon).
Alexey Sklyarenko
sklyarenko@users.ru
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From: "Galya Diment" <galya@u.washington.edu>
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Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Query" Kapuskan patois? (fwd)
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@gte.net>
>
> From: óÅÒÇÅÊ ëÁÒÐÕÈÉÎ <shrewd@irk.ru>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:
> Date: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:01 AM
>
> In Chapter 21, Part 1 of "Ada" there is a passage from the treatise "On
> Contraceptive Devices" by Mme de Rean-Fichini written in Kapuskan patois.
> One wonders if Kapuskan has anything to do with Kapuska or Sauerkraut, or
> it's a Turkish or Kurdish word (as a hasty search via the Internet
> suggests). The Turkish link is somewhat seconded by the fact that there is
> Lake Van in Kurdistan. Can anybody help?
>
> Sergei Karpuhin
Kapuskasing is a small town in central Ontario, in S Canada, says my
dictionary. You can also find it on the map (like lakes Nipissing and
Nipigon).
Alexey Sklyarenko
sklyarenko@users.ru
----- Original Message -----
From: "Galya Diment" <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Query" Kapuskan patois? (fwd)
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@gte.net>
>
> From: óÅÒÇÅÊ ëÁÒÐÕÈÉÎ <shrewd@irk.ru>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:
> Date: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:01 AM
>
> In Chapter 21, Part 1 of "Ada" there is a passage from the treatise "On
> Contraceptive Devices" by Mme de Rean-Fichini written in Kapuskan patois.
> One wonders if Kapuskan has anything to do with Kapuska or Sauerkraut, or
> it's a Turkish or Kurdish word (as a hasty search via the Internet
> suggests). The Turkish link is somewhat seconded by the fact that there is
> Lake Van in Kurdistan. Can anybody help?
>
> Sergei Karpuhin