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by konart 3252 days ago
The origin is russian though.
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lmm 3252 days ago
Not really; Nabokov was born in Russia but left at 19, and wrote Lolita in English while in the US.
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konart 3252 days ago
Well... yeah, always forgetting about this.
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chii 3252 days ago
The term is indeed from a russian book named lolita, but the term 'loli' has evolved via anime to mean something a bit different than the original.
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