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On 9/11/06 22:14, "NABOKV-L" <NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU> wrote:
> Dear Sam.
>
> I would like to see somewhat shorter notes - - as a member I don't have to
> read everything that comes to me, but our poor ed.s do.
>
> Personally when I see a note that goes on and on usually in very small type,
> I don't even bother and I doubt I am unanimous in this.
>
> Carolyn Kunin
>
> Carolyn: when I saw Sam¹s email urging a reduction in the list¹s traffic, I
> guessed from my vast experience that it might well have the opposite effect!
> Take the response from you and others to Sam, for example, AND MINE TO YOURS
> (ad astra). Re-font-size, I solve this with a few deft clicks.
> Re-message-lenghth: ³going on and on² (also known as ³a thorough and detailed
> scholarly response!²) is to be expected occasionally given the fact that VN¹s
> own works ³go on and on² and cannot always be discussed monosyllabically! We
> all in our own busy ways (Editors too) learn to scan & browse to judge the
> gist before wading in above the ankles. With our blessed complement of the
> planet¹s leading Nabokovians (including His Only Begotten Son), I demand MORE
> not LESS!
>
> PS: Was it not Voltaire (or one of that crowd) who apologised that he was too
> busy to write a shorter letter?
> Stan Kelly-Bootle
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> Dear Sam.
>
> I would like to see somewhat shorter notes - - as a member I don't have to
> read everything that comes to me, but our poor ed.s do.
>
> Personally when I see a note that goes on and on usually in very small type,
> I don't even bother and I doubt I am unanimous in this.
>
> Carolyn Kunin
>
> Carolyn: when I saw Sam¹s email urging a reduction in the list¹s traffic, I
> guessed from my vast experience that it might well have the opposite effect!
> Take the response from you and others to Sam, for example, AND MINE TO YOURS
> (ad astra). Re-font-size, I solve this with a few deft clicks.
> Re-message-lenghth: ³going on and on² (also known as ³a thorough and detailed
> scholarly response!²) is to be expected occasionally given the fact that VN¹s
> own works ³go on and on² and cannot always be discussed monosyllabically! We
> all in our own busy ways (Editors too) learn to scan & browse to judge the
> gist before wading in above the ankles. With our blessed complement of the
> planet¹s leading Nabokovians (including His Only Begotten Son), I demand MORE
> not LESS!
>
> PS: Was it not Voltaire (or one of that crowd) who apologised that he was too
> busy to write a shorter letter?
> Stan Kelly-Bootle
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