Bravo Carolyn: but ruling out google and wiki would surely end scholarly research as we know it today ;=)
For example: consider the vexing question ‘Why did Shade report seeing a gardener and his wheelbarrow in the final stanza of Pale Fire?’ My scholarly web search for ‘wheelbarrow’ reveals that gardeners commonly employ wheelbarrows, especially in gardens. Warning: this email contains more than the recommended daily allowance of irony.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 12/05/2010 23:56, "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
But I specified one was not to do that - - could our former editor have cheated? Ne veryu.
Carolyn
On May 12, 2010, at 2:51 PM, NABOKV-L wrote:
>>>> Now how did Don know that? and so quickly, too? We'll have to ask him.
A simple Web search - which allows anyone to identify Michel Demitri Shalhoub..
Victor Fet