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In a amazing departure from that which one would expect (or even dare hope) from a Pulitzer-winning author, Mr. Chabon graced me ( and from all appearances *personally* graced me, not through a publicist) with a timely and informative response, which i quote in part as follows:
"As far as I can recall, I coined 'cheminations' on the model of
'fenestration.' It refers to the way a house is furnished with chimneys. I
suppose 'caminations' would have been more correct, coming from Latin, but
sounded less like what I wanted it to mean, not possessing the h of chimney.
There are a few other nonce words in there... aetataureate... and a couple
more besides that I can't now recall."
So, it appears that Mav was correct (gee, there's a surprise), and Nicholas was on the same wavelength as the author (i can't think of better company, from either perspective)...
thanks for the responses =)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted cheminations Anonymous 07/09/01 03:17 PM Re: chimenations maverick 07/09/01 04:36 PM Re: chimenations maverick 07/09/01 04:44 PM Re: chimenations Anonymous 07/10/01 02:41 PM Re: chimenations Faldage 07/09/01 05:07 PM Re: chimenations belligerentyouth 07/10/01 07:21 AM Re: chimenations maverick 07/10/01 09:24 AM Re: chimenations Faldage 07/10/01 01:01 PM Re: chimenations maverick 07/10/01 02:12 PM Re: Chimbly Nations Faldage 07/10/01 03:20 PM Re: Chimbly Nations NicholasW 07/11/01 10:21 AM Re: Chimbly Nations maverick 07/11/01 11:19 AM Re: Chimbly Nations Flatlander 07/11/01 11:25 AM Re: Chimbly Nations maverick 07/11/01 12:01 PM Re: Chimbly Nations belligerentyouth 07/11/01 11:39 AM Re: Chimbly Nations Anonymous 07/11/01 02:40 PM Re: It all becomes clear... Anonymous 07/11/01 09:46 PM Re: It all becomes clear... NicholasW 07/12/01 08:30 AM Re: It all becomes clear... Faldage 07/12/01 01:08 PM Re: Chimbly Nations Faldage 07/11/01 12:25 PM Re: Vox Latina NicholasW 07/11/01 01:54 PM Re: Vox Latina Faldage 07/11/01 02:13 PM Re: Mumbling Faldage 07/10/01 03:29 PM Re: chimenations Anonymous 07/10/01 04:06 PM Re: chimenations maverick 07/10/01 04:37 PM Dang it, mav! Faldage 07/10/01 04:41 PM Re: Dang it, mav! maverick 07/10/01 04:47 PM Re: Dang it, mav! Faldage 07/10/01 04:53 PM Re: Dang it, mav! maverick 07/10/01 04:58 PM Re: Dang it, mav! wwh 07/10/01 05:26 PM Re: chimenations Faldage 07/10/01 04:45 PM
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