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Quiz Responses from Carolyn
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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!
***
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
Musagète, The Firebird etc.
Why “le sacre� This is an idiomatic matter: in French one
invariably speaks of “le scare des rois/ le sacre de l’empereur/ le
sacre d’un évêque†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
***
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
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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!
***
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
Musagète, The Firebird etc.
Why “le sacre� This is an idiomatic matter: in French one
invariably speaks of “le scare des rois/ le sacre de l’empereur/ le
sacre d’un évêque†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
***
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
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