My favourite post on this subject was the one which provided the double
dactyl which features in the Guardian article here:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/fentonserial/story/0,,804704,00.html
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Higgledy piggledy
Vladimir Nabokov -
Wait! Hasn't somebody
Made a mistake?
Out of such errors, Vla-
dimir Nabokov would
Sesquipedelian
Paragraphs make.
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There was mention of a video of VN in Switzerland repeating his name in
the various different pronunciations over and over as the credits
rolled, too, but I'm afraid I can't dig it up.
Nick.