On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Alexey Sklyarenko wrote:

CK: The proper English translation of sobaka is bitch.

Russian word for "bitch" is suka (cf. sukin syn, "son of a bitch;" kobel' is "husband of a bitch"). Although feminine, sobaka is not necessarily "female dog" (pyos is always "male dog").

Igor Stravinsky (the author of Firebird, etc.) was a friend of Nicolas Nabokov (the composer, author of charming memoirs Bagazh, VN's cousin).

Sukin syn! How could I forget! Your answer to the quiz question is only very partially correct - no prize for you!

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On Jun 18, 2012, at 11:06 AM, A. Bouazza wrote:

The quiz is so simple as to seem to involve some kind of trick.

Igor Stravinsky is the composer of Le Sacre du Printemps, Apollon MusagÃ¨te, The Firebird etc.

Why â??le sacreâ?? This is an idiomatic matter: in French one invariably speaks of â??le scare des rois/ le sacre de lâ??empereur/ le sacre dâ??un Ã©vÃªqueâ? etc. See V. Hugo, Colette, among others.

A. Bouazza

Thanks for the correct (so far as I know) answer to the French question (however - should it not then be in English the Rites of Spring?)

Along with Alexey you do not get the prize ...

Carolyn

Dear A. Bouzaa,

I forgot to ask - Hugo? Colette? I thought I knew both their works reasonably well, but I'm not finding anything in the old memory vaults ...

Carolyn

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On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Jansy wrote: In a blog, I found a profusion of links bt. Stravinski, Diaghilev and Nicolas Nabokov [ For example: Cf.Os Anos Loucos - Capítulo 9: A Maré Báltica Marcadores: Boris Kochno, Coco Chanel, Igor Markevitch, Igor Stravinski, Katherine Mansfield, Nicolas Nabokov, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Prokofiev, Vernon Dukelski Anos Loucos: Os Anos Loucos - Capítulo 9: A Maré Báltica

anosloucos.blogspot.com/2010/11/mare-baltica.htmlnosloucos.blogspot.com/2010/11/mare-baltica.html]

Dear Jansy,

Getting warmer! still, no prize.

Carolyn