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Marius Hancu

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Nov 19, 2010, 5:27:12 AM11/19/10
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Hello:

"nurene loons" at the end?
Not that I'd know which "loon" is involved:-)

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A reliable taxonomy of Keith's mind, his soul, his retractile heart -
it couldn't be done. None of it parsed, none of it scanned. His libido
would be all tabloid and factoid. Such a contemporary condition was
pretty well recognized, if imperfectly understood. It had to be said
that Nicola liked the idea of trying to get to the bottom of it.
Synthetic modernity (man-made), qualified by something ancient and
ignoble and reptilian. Like darts: a brontosaurus in nurene loons.

Martin Amis, London Fields
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

Peter Duncanson (BrE)

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Nov 19, 2010, 5:54:02 AM11/19/10
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:27:12 -0800 (PST), Marius Hancu
<marius...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>"nurene loons" at the end?
>Not that I'd know which "loon" is involved:-)

He seems to be imagining a brontosaurus wearing loon pants made of
nurene (whatever that is).

The word "nurene" may be invented, a synthesis of the names of synthetic
fibers, with "n" from nylon, "-ene" from crimplene, etc.


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>---
>A reliable taxonomy of Keith's mind, his soul, his retractile heart -
>it couldn't be done. None of it parsed, none of it scanned. His libido
>would be all tabloid and factoid. Such a contemporary condition was
>pretty well recognized, if imperfectly understood. It had to be said
>that Nicola liked the idea of trying to get to the bottom of it.
>Synthetic modernity (man-made), qualified by something ancient and
>ignoble and reptilian. Like darts: a brontosaurus in nurene loons.
>
>Martin Amis, London Fields
>---

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Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

Marius Hancu

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Nov 19, 2010, 12:58:23 PM11/19/10
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On Nov 19, 5:54 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
wrote:

> >"nurene loons" at the end?
> >Not that I'd know which "loon" is involved:-)
>
> He seems to be imagining a brontosaurus wearing loon pants made of
> nurene (whatever that is).
>
> The word "nurene" may be invented, a synthesis of the names of synthetic
> fibers, with "n" from nylon, "-ene" from crimplene, etc.

I think you're totally right.

>
>
> >---
> >A reliable taxonomy of Keith's mind, his soul, his retractile heart -
> >it couldn't be done. None of it parsed, none of it scanned. His libido
> >would be all tabloid and factoid. Such a contemporary condition was
> >pretty well recognized, if imperfectly understood. It had to be said
> >that Nicola liked the idea of trying to get to the bottom of it.
> >Synthetic modernity (man-made), qualified by something ancient and
> >ignoble and reptilian. Like darts: a brontosaurus in nurene loons.

Marius Hancu

Jerry Friedman

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Nov 19, 2010, 3:46:08 PM11/19/10
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On Nov 19, 3:54 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net>
wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:27:12 -0800 (PST), Marius Hancu
>
> <marius.ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello:
>
> >"nurene loons" at the end?
> >Not that I'd know which "loon" is involved:-)
>
> He seems to be imagining a brontosaurus wearing loon pants made of
> nurene (whatever that is).
>
> The word "nurene" may be invented, a synthesis of the names of synthetic
> fibers, with "n" from nylon, "-ene" from crimplene, etc.

Or "nu" from "new".

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Jerry Friedman

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