Subject: | Re: [NABOKV-L] [Fwd: Re: [NABOKV-L] (pronouncing "Pnin")] |
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Date: | Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:04:03 -0800 |
From: | Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net> |
To: | Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU> |
I think it is pronounced "pin-yin." Nothing to do with Cyrillic, probably the old-style transliteration of Chinese (Peking instead of Beijing).