>Isn't "tintinnabulation" from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Bells"?
>"...and the tintinnabulation that so musically swells from the bells..."
>Noisily,
>Melissa
great quote, melissa.
it comes from the latin tintinnare to tinkle from tinnire to ring
think of tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
tinny
tin pan alley
of course, poe and baudelaire were great drinking &c buddies. i
always thought the best thing about poe was baudelaire.
my 'ti Bob cites Balzac (1839) : 'un paquet de breloques tintinnabulant'
but i really liked barbara cartland, bertrand
m.
