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Word: vladeemir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prospero's Progress | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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