Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006999, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:39:44 -0800

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From: "Keith McMullen" <keithsz@concentric.net>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> Allow me a little stretching:
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> Paar of Chose
> Zapater of Aardvark
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> Zapater is from zapatero = shoemaker
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> If aardvark = Harvard, we have shoemaker of Harvard.
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> Thomas Dekker's (a Shakespeare contemporary's) play, 'The Shoemaker's
> Holiday' is a Harvard Classic.
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> Paar of Chose = pair of shoes?
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> Is there anything in the play that might connect it to Ada?
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