NABOKV-L post 0012777, Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:59:17 +0100

On 1/6/06 16:33, "Sandy P. Klein" <spklein52@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>
> Webster's Unabridged Dictionary definition of:
>
> Nabokovian
>
> Pronunciation: (nab"u-kō'vē-un), [key]
> <http://www.infoplease.com/pronkey.html>
> ˜adj.
> of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of
> Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
>
> Random House Unabridged Dictionary
>
>
> Nabokov
>
> Pronunciation: (nu-bô'kuf, nab'u-kôf", -kof"; Russ. nu-bô'kuf), [key]
> <http://www.infoplease.com/pronkey.html>
> ˜n.
> Vladimir Vladimirovich Pronunciation: (vlad'u-mēr" vlad"u-mēr'u-vich;
> Russ. vlu-dyē'myir vlu-dyē'myi-ru-vyich), [key]
> <http://www.infoplease.com/pronkey.html> 1899ˆ1977, U.S. novelist,
> short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.
>
> Random House Unabridged Dictionary
>
> Sandy/DN: I’ve often wondered whether VN always pronounced ‘Nabokov’ with the
> Russian vowels & stresses (as shown above) — and if so, did he ever correct or
> comment on the quite common ‘English’ variation. Some ‘proper’ names travel
> as badly as some wines. My pet, irrational peeves are D-AH-ntay, and
> Pla-SEED-o Domingo.
>
> Stan Kelly-Bootle


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