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[Andrew Dinn]

Bonnie Surfus writes:

> 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.

Or rather, schoen is the English spelling of the German word scho"n
(that's with an umlaut over the o). I believe shoe is `schuh'. So,
Schoenmaker is indeed he who makes beautiful.


Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.