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Re: Gabby

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:17:03 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

       Agreed, the nickname is patently absurd and ethnocentric. But it's
not 100% a clear error of fact, unlike quite a few in the article!
       
       Bill
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       -----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Garmt de Vries
Sent: Saturday, 11 February, 2006 7:00 AM
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: Gabby
       
       On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, thomas mccormick wrote:
       
> Right. But is this particular statement (about Verne being known as
Gabby)
> right or wrong?
       
       Sounds rather like a nickname they might give him in "The secret
       adventures of Jules Verne", or a similar anglophone piece of fiction.
No
       19th-century Frenchman would give a guy called Jules Gabriel the
nickname
       Gabby, IMHO.
       
       Cheers,
       Garmt.
Received on Sat 11 Feb 2006 - 02:17:37 IST

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