Sunday, January 06, 2008

How Do You Pronounce the Name of Your Favorite Writer?


So, you love Fight Club but you don't want to say so in the company of strangers at a party because you have no idea how to say Chuck Palahniuk correctly. Or perhaps you're talking with a butterfly collector and remembered that the author of Lolita was fascinated with butterflies as well but for the life of you, you don't know how to say Nabokov without sounding like a nob. And you haven't a clue with the name Michel Houellebecq. The Millions has got your back.

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