the Russian gaze

[David Powelstock]

I believe that Sharapova has lived in the US most of her life--after a point
one may simply adopt a compromised version of one's name in order to
accommodate one's adoptive fellow citizens. Nabokov had a preferred,
anglicized pronunciation of his name that was not quite Russian, but closer
than many of the worst alternatives. (There has just been a long  discussion
of this on Nabokov-L. Check the archive, if you like, at
http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html.

Cheers,
David Powelstock 

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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] the Russian gaze

One quick comment about the tennis player Maria Sharapova.  I don't know
whether it's because she simply gave up against the tidal wave, but she
herself mispronounces her last name (misplacing the stress as do all the
English-speaking commentators), at least when she speaks English.  

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050

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