Hi Paul Janse! There's a good article on "manhattanese" in the NYTimes called "Talking the Tawk" on page B7 of the September 21, l998 issue. I can't answer your second and third q's, but I do believe mr. salinger was fond of chekhov and dostoyevsky... will On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Paul Janse wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Paul Janse, I am new here, I am a Dutch 33-year old > Salinger-admirer, have been reading his books over and over again for the > past 9 years. > > Who could shed light on the following issues: > - Does the spoken language ("Manhattanese") sound dated now to American > readers? > - I read somewhere (I forgot where) that Nabokov admired Salinger. Is that > true? How about vice versa? > - Have his books been translated into Russian? > - From Franny and Zooey it is clear that Salinger admires Tolstoy. How > about other Russian writers? > > Regards, > > Paul > PJanse@compuserve.com >