A. Whitman: How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate past? V. Nabokov: I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile—some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question. (Strong Opinions) Because of this remark, many bloggers consider Nabokov the forefather of the smiley. Clearly, literary authority still means something when it comes to attributing linguistic inventions. No one seems to notice, however, that Nabokov managed to use over a dozen words—including such gems as concave and supine [] supine extension () clo cryptoire {}
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:58:00 +0000
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