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From: Anne Pier Salverda <AnnePier.Salverda@mpi.nl>
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>From: john.rea <john.rea@gateway.net>
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>>And then in coping with a work like, say Ada, a person
>>(like me?) who is innocent of Russian is probably\
>>missing much. And I must add here French again.
>>Those dealing with N have not done well here, for we
>>must remember that he was fluently trilingual from
>>childhood.
>>Those who know Russian may perhaps puzzle over Lolita's
>>childhood Pisky, but those who don't know that
>>"Ardilion" is French slang for "penis" will miss
>>another phallonym;
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>Isn't "Pisky" merely the pseudonym Oscar Wilde used after he was released
>from prison? Or was it "Pixy"? Mind you, penises are omnipresent: every
>man carries one.
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>--Anne Pier Salverda
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From: Anne Pier Salverda <AnnePier.Salverda@mpi.nl>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: john.rea <john.rea@gateway.net>
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>>And then in coping with a work like, say Ada, a person
>>(like me?) who is innocent of Russian is probably\
>>missing much. And I must add here French again.
>>Those dealing with N have not done well here, for we
>>must remember that he was fluently trilingual from
>>childhood.
>>Those who know Russian may perhaps puzzle over Lolita's
>>childhood Pisky, but those who don't know that
>>"Ardilion" is French slang for "penis" will miss
>>another phallonym;
>
>Isn't "Pisky" merely the pseudonym Oscar Wilde used after he was released
>from prison? Or was it "Pixy"? Mind you, penises are omnipresent: every
>man carries one.
>
>--Anne Pier Salverda
>