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:
I am sure there is -
Sergei Soloviev
Is there no word play (even remotely) with pederast?
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Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L