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Re: [NABOKV-L] Google, googols, Gogol: DN

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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:45:43 +0000

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Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

In one version of the ancient Geordie folk ballad, the Lambtom Woorm. the beast is said to have “gryate big google eyes.”
Compare also, the sneaky Criicket ball-spin action known as the “Chinaman” or, less politically incorrect, “googley.” VN may have had this in mind when describing the sudden swerve of the bicycle? We may never know for sure!

Stan Kelly-Bootle
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EDNote: here's the Ada source for easy reference:

"he had left his bicycle to endure the blazing beams for at least three hours.
Ada mounted it, uttered a yelp of pain, almost fell off, googled, recovered
- and the rear tire burst with a comic bang".) (86.06 at Ada on Line, pt. 1 ch. 13)

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