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Subject:	Re: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS: Edsel Ford & another source for Starbottle (Jerry Friedman's reply)
Date:	Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:38:22 -0800 (PST)
From:	Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@YAHOO.COM>
To:	Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

Matt, if VN wanted Edsel Ford to be something real that appeared
false, it sure worked on me (even better than Franklin Lane).
But I think the name was so memorable and amusing that he couldn't
have planned on that.

An odd connection: The Wikipedia article on "woodwose" mentions
the /Konungs Skuggsja/, which Kinbote called the /Kongs-skugg-sio/
or /Royal Mirror/. Apparently, the /Konungs Skuggsja/ mentions
a wild man (hairy and with a mane like a horse's down his back,
so not much like Gordon).

What language is "Kongs-skugg-sio" supposed to be, Zemblan?

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