Word: kopf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gogol (pronounced Gaw-gol), applies to Nabokov himself. Over the years he has repeatedly complained about the damage inflicted on the Nabokov name in its passage through foreign ports of articulation. Nabokov, Nabokov, Nah-bo-kov, are frequent errors. Rare mutations, he reports, include Nahba-cocoa and Na-bob-kopf. The correct sound, says the man who made the name famous, is Nahboakoff. Slipping on the mask of a straight face for an instant, he continues: "Vladeemir, as in 'redeemer...
...awarded Wilson Fellowships were G. Sandberg, Jeremy J. Shapiro, A. Sharaf, Michael A. Slote, Peter mith, Robert M. Switzer, Robert M. nce, Robert E. Well, Thomas E. kopf, and Robert E. Whallon...