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[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Mr Craig Clark wrote:

> LOT64 at aol.com  wrote:
> 
>   > I guess Schoenmaker is like 'sweet maker'? Making people's appearance
>   > sweeter?
> 
> Unless I'm hideously wrong, Schoenmaker translates as "Shoe-maker" 
> rather than "sweet-maker". Which I'd guess (I haven't read Carloddi in 
> years) is a reference to Pinocchio and noses...
> 
> Craig
> Craig Clark

I don't know, Craig.  Pynchon may have altered the spelling, but German
"schon" is "beautiful" (eng), which seems to make sense(?) for that
character.

Bonnie