on 30/7/06 11:11 PM, Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
wrote:
> The
quantity of Scottish blood in my veins greatly
> exceeding that of Slavic,
presumed therefore that
> Scots spelling exceeded
Slavic in correctness .
>
> Or, as chess players
might say, "Czeck"
>
> John
>
> NABOKV-L wrote:
>
>> A
correction for John Rea:
>>
>> The correct
spelling is "Jan Masaryk."
>>
>> DN
>
VN might have enjoyed the cartoon of the Cockney chess player:
"I said Check, mite, not Check mite, mite"
skb