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Fw: Pale Fire: "No one" & "nikto-b"
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From: "Nick Grundy" <nick@bsad.org>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:57 AM
Subject: Pale Fire: No one
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> > > p.s. I almost forgot - who is Botkin? Answer: Nikto b'.
> > Eh? I know it's a handicap, but I don't know any Russian (if that's
> what > that is).
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> "Nikto" means "no-one" ("ni" is a negative prefix rather than a Monty
> Python reference and "kto" means who) - not sure of the relevance of the
'b'...
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EDITOR's NOTE. The "b" is a contratcion of "by"-- a particle signifying
doubt.
From: "Nick Grundy" <nick@bsad.org>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:57 AM
Subject: Pale Fire: No one
> This message was originally submitted by nick@BSAD.ORG to the NABOKV-L
list at LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU. >
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (7
lines) -------------------
> > > p.s. I almost forgot - who is Botkin? Answer: Nikto b'.
> > Eh? I know it's a handicap, but I don't know any Russian (if that's
> what > that is).
>
> "Nikto" means "no-one" ("ni" is a negative prefix rather than a Monty
> Python reference and "kto" means who) - not sure of the relevance of the
'b'...
>
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EDITOR's NOTE. The "b" is a contratcion of "by"-- a particle signifying
doubt.