In my recent post about Nabokov's Stories, I don't think I made reference to VN's penchant for big words. I had to look up quite a few of them, and in the process learned the following piece of information:
The word decal is short for decalcomania.
How could I not have known that a word I've heard all my life is just a shortened form of a much longer, much stranger word? Decalcomania. Just look at it.
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I just discovered this. And even better, this.
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And many times, too, he Russifies English worlds. Thanks for the links!
Just found your blog, and I'll make it a habit to come back.
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