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***VN also liked to say that his name rhymes with "love" although "spoke
of" is a much better phonetic approximation. GD***
From: Tim Henderson <thenders@mail.lanline.com>
It was wonderful to see such a large turnout at Town Hall in NYC for
the Centenary celebration last night and I had a wonderful time. But as
a solitary American reader who rarely hears VN's name spoken aloud I was
very embarrassed to hear that the proper pronounciation rhymes with
'spoke of' rather than 'squawk of'....I'd swear I saw a little couplet
by VN (in an interview?) that included a couplet with 'the tremulous
squawk of' as a rhyme, meant as a guide to the uninitiated....Does
anyone know the source? Did he misguide me intentionally, or does he
perhaps assume a more British pronounciation of 'squawk"
Galya Diment wrote:
> From: Thomas R. Walker <trw3@midway.uchicago.edu>
>
> > From: Mary Krimmel <mary.krimmel@fanciful.org>
>
> > -> To return to a subject that was brought up a while back, invented
>
> > artists ...
> >
> > I understood that someone made a list of invented artists wherever
> > found, not just in VN. If so, is that list available? Where?
> >
>
> Salman Rushdie includes a list like this in his new novel,
> with
> the conceit that they are the real artists in his novel's world. To
> quote:
> "Nathan Zuckerman's 'Carnovsky', science fiction by Kilgore Trout, a
> playscript - 'Von Trenck' - by Charlie Citrine... the poetry of John
> Shade. Also Europeans: Dedalus, Matzerath. The one and only 'Don
> Quixote'
> by Pierre Menard. F. Alexander's 'A Clockwork Orange'." No Quilty or
> Darkbloom, unless they're hidden in the ellipses (which are not mine -
> I'm
> actually lifting this quotation from James Wood's review of the novel
> in
> "The New Republic", Apr 26 & May 3).
>
> That "one and only" is a bit too cute, no?
>
> Tom Walker
> University of Chicago
> Dept of Economics
> Chicago, IL 60615
--
Tim Henderson, Asst. Systems Editor
The Journal News
1 Gannett Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
thenders@mail.lanline.com
(914) 694-5309
of" is a much better phonetic approximation. GD***
From: Tim Henderson <thenders@mail.lanline.com>
It was wonderful to see such a large turnout at Town Hall in NYC for
the Centenary celebration last night and I had a wonderful time. But as
a solitary American reader who rarely hears VN's name spoken aloud I was
very embarrassed to hear that the proper pronounciation rhymes with
'spoke of' rather than 'squawk of'....I'd swear I saw a little couplet
by VN (in an interview?) that included a couplet with 'the tremulous
squawk of' as a rhyme, meant as a guide to the uninitiated....Does
anyone know the source? Did he misguide me intentionally, or does he
perhaps assume a more British pronounciation of 'squawk"
Galya Diment wrote:
> From: Thomas R. Walker <trw3@midway.uchicago.edu>
>
> > From: Mary Krimmel <mary.krimmel@fanciful.org>
>
> > -> To return to a subject that was brought up a while back, invented
>
> > artists ...
> >
> > I understood that someone made a list of invented artists wherever
> > found, not just in VN. If so, is that list available? Where?
> >
>
> Salman Rushdie includes a list like this in his new novel,
> with
> the conceit that they are the real artists in his novel's world. To
> quote:
> "Nathan Zuckerman's 'Carnovsky', science fiction by Kilgore Trout, a
> playscript - 'Von Trenck' - by Charlie Citrine... the poetry of John
> Shade. Also Europeans: Dedalus, Matzerath. The one and only 'Don
> Quixote'
> by Pierre Menard. F. Alexander's 'A Clockwork Orange'." No Quilty or
> Darkbloom, unless they're hidden in the ellipses (which are not mine -
> I'm
> actually lifting this quotation from James Wood's review of the novel
> in
> "The New Republic", Apr 26 & May 3).
>
> That "one and only" is a bit too cute, no?
>
> Tom Walker
> University of Chicago
> Dept of Economics
> Chicago, IL 60615
--
Tim Henderson, Asst. Systems Editor
The Journal News
1 Gannett Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
thenders@mail.lanline.com
(914) 694-5309