Hello all,

 

In light of Jansy's reference to the first sentence of Humbert's confession in LOLITA, Carolyn Kunin directs List members to the Wikipedia entry on the word "loin" (as well as entries for "groin" and "groin vault"), which makes interesting reading:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loin

 

Also, Sergei Soloviev responds to Jansy below:

 

 

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Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L