Penny McCharthy,

How amazing the connection you brought up, between "garrulous" and the French for "waxwing" ( 'jaseur').
I tried to obtain more information using the internet and found out that 'English words defined with "cedar waxwing" are "Bohemian waxwing", "Bombycilla garrulus".'
So, it seems that (most unexpectedly) we are now confronted with Cedar waxwings that were not named "Bombycilla shadei" but "garrulus".
Tricky world.
Jansy

----- Original Message -----

From: Penny McCarthy

To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU

Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:39 PM

Subject: [NABOKV-L] garrulous

Jansy Mello cites VN in connection with nail-paring and Pale Fire: ‘Actually, I never liked "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". I find it a feeble and garrulous book. The phrase you quote is an unpleasant coincidence."

Odd, then, that he should employ the word ‘garrulous’: the French for ‘waxwing’ is ‘jaseur’.

Best wishes, Penny McC.

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