NPPF Preliminary: The Epigraph

[pynchonoid]

--- Malign:
> <<Since you ask:   VN said he did not; Vera said she
> remembered his distinct handwriting, partly script,
> partly block letters. 
> 
> And you learned it here at the Pale Fire reading on
> the P-list.>>
> 
> You:
> 
> <<Not exactly. That's what I recall being posted to
> Pynchon-L some time ago, in the context of a
> discussion about Pynchon.>>
> 
> and then:

> 
> <<So, a rumor that was disavowed by Nabokov himself
> ...>>
> 
> And I responded:
> 
> <<Well, you recalled *it* wrong, dumb-dumb.>>

Well, no, I did recall correctly that this had all
been discussed on the P-list before, back in '95, and
more recently in a post of yours. Instead, you took
the opportunity to slam me for not remembering the
exact details of your post last month. 

It's also worth noting that you've retrospectively
altered the post you wrote -- the word "it" did not
receive any special emphasis in the original version.
Perhaps you simply forgot to mention you've changed
what you wrote.

> You got it wrong.

No, it's a simple misunderstanding on both our parts. 
Suck in your gut, stick out that chest, and admit you
misunderstood, too.  Or can your self-esteem not take
such a heavy blow?

 

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