Pardon my ignorance!
Edward M Dumanis
dumanis at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Wed Apr 18 20:07:33 UTC 2001
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Tom Priestly wrote:
> Re: Nabokov and "otsebyatina":
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> So I can delete my reference to Nabokov as the coiner of the word - which
> is what I once read somewhere. Of course, he is probably deserving of
> credit for encouraging the use of the word, which is a very handy one.
>
It is not just a handy but a very common word, especially in the
expression "Porot' otsebjatinu." I do not think that there is (or was) any
need to encourage anybody to use it.
Sincerely,
Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>
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