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Retard help thread Anonymous Sun Feb 17 09:31:14 2019 No.12613053 [Reply] [Original]

Can anyone explain the joke in this bit from Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov to me?
>'We'll get you an electric heater', Joan told Pnin confidentially, as if she offered him some olives.
>'What make heater?' asked Pnin suspiciously.
>'That remains to be seen. Any other complaints?'

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 10:56:47 2019 No.12613334 >Bump replies are not ecessary

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 11:05:43 2019 No.12613383 >>12613053 Probably some stupid pun on how “electric” sounds in Russian. God, Nabokov is a genius but he’s such a fucking insufferable effete back at times.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 12:39:07 2019 No.12613937 >Bump replies are not necessary

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 17 15:50:27 2019 No.12614987 >>>>>>>Bump replies are not necessary

>>	Grignr the Ecordian Sun Feb 17 16:05:17 2019 No.12615047 >>12613053 I wondered about that bit too. Perhaps it's just that Pnin's poor grasp of English has turned the conversation into a confusing muddle.

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