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From: <nick.grundy@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:47 AM
Subject: Boredom...
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> Dieter Zimmer wrote:
> >Brian and I are so close on this (and much more) that perhaps we should
> >not pursue it, especially as other readers seem to find it a great bore.
> >Just one more remark which the bored guys and gals should by all means
> >skip.
>
> Indeed they should - but, without wishing to second-guess those kind
enough to provide and maintain the list, please don't curtail your
discussion because a handful of people are so irked by the herculean task of
pressing delete that they feel bound to report this to the rest of us.
Heaven knows what they were expecting when they signed up, but I perhaps
rashly assumed the list would discuss Nabokov's life and work - something
which, IMHO, the mimicry thread does rather admirably...
>
> Nick.
From: <nick.grundy@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:47 AM
Subject: Boredom...
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> Dieter Zimmer wrote:
> >Brian and I are so close on this (and much more) that perhaps we should
> >not pursue it, especially as other readers seem to find it a great bore.
> >Just one more remark which the bored guys and gals should by all means
> >skip.
>
> Indeed they should - but, without wishing to second-guess those kind
enough to provide and maintain the list, please don't curtail your
discussion because a handful of people are so irked by the herculean task of
pressing delete that they feel bound to report this to the rest of us.
Heaven knows what they were expecting when they signed up, but I perhaps
rashly assumed the list would discuss Nabokov's life and work - something
which, IMHO, the mimicry thread does rather admirably...
>
> Nick.