Saturday, November 04, 2006

Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

3 comments:

Dilly said...

the exact same lines I remembered from reading the book perhaps when I was way too little.

RIC said...

Busy with orthoepy, Mariano?...
I just love phonetics and all that «stuff». A strange love, I know, but I do...
«The rain In Spain stays mainly in the plain.» Oh man, how I love this! And Audrey Hepburn, of course!
Have a nice weekend!

Tugc said...

feels good to say lo.lee.ta...never realised the 3 different steps the tongue makes before.

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