V2, Chap 15 (Sahha), I, p 461 - "Mene, mene tekel, upharsin"

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Feb 9 08:17:13 CST 2011


then there's the Nabokov story set in Berlin, with a character named
Menetek el Upharsin - think he's supposed to be Arabian...

and of course one stuck in compulsive punning mode might come up with
something like "weighed and found wanton"





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