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Jan 13, 2014

近日从图书馆借来余光中精选集，看到其中一篇文章中提到：
我迷上了地理，尤其是地图，而画地图的功课简直成了赏心乐事。不久我便成为班上公认的「地图精」（mapamaniaco），有同学交不出地图作业，就来求救于我。

一九七四年迁去香港，一住十一年，逐渐把我的壮游场景从北美移向西欧，而往昔的美国地图也逐渐被西欧、东欧各国的所取代，图上的英文变... See more
近日从图书馆借来余光中精选集，看到其中一篇文章中提到：
我迷上了地理，尤其是地图，而画地图的功课简直成了赏心乐事。不久我便成为班上公认的「地图精」（mapamaniaco），有同学交不出地图作业，就来求救于我。

一九七四年迁去香港，一住十一年，逐渐把我的壮游场景从北美移向西欧，而往昔的美国地图也逐渐被西欧、东欧各国的所取代，图上的英文变成了法文、德文、西班牙文、斯拉夫文，即使是英国地图，也有不少难以发音的盖尔（Gaelid）地名。
网上也能找到，见下：
http://www.hornbill.cdc.net.my/hornbill2/collection01/yukwzhong/002.htm

让人好奇的是，为何这两个英文单词我在英文词典上都查不到，难道是余老先生自造的？应该不是排版出现的typo吧？！ ▲ Collapse
 
Jinhang Wang
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我的推测 Jan 13, 2014

clearwater wrote:

近日从图书馆借来余光中精选集，看到其中一篇文章中提到：
我迷上了地理，尤其是地图，而画地图的功课简直成了赏心乐事。不久我便成为班上公认的「地图精」（mapamaniaco），有同学交不出地图作业，就来求救于我。

一九七四年迁去香港，一住十一年，逐渐把我的壮游场景从北美移向西欧，而往昔的美国地图也逐渐被西欧、东欧各国的所取代，图上的英文变成了法文、德文、西班牙文、斯拉夫文，即使是英国地图，也有不少难以发音的盖尔（Gaelid）地名。
网上也能找到，见下：
http://www.hornbill.cdc.net.my/hornbill2/collection01/yukwzhong/002.htm

让人好奇的是，为何这两个英文单词我在英文词典上都查不到，难道是余老先生自造的？应该不是排版出现的typo吧？！


英文中 -mania 是一个后缀，意思是…迷，我猜测 amaniaco 可能与此有关。

[Edited at 2014-01-13 09:59 GMT]
 
Lincoln Hui
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Gaelid Jan 13, 2014

一般應該是Gaelic吧。
 
wherestip
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Agree ... Jan 13, 2014

I think he meant "Gaelic".

Also the coined word "mapomaniac" probably should have been spelled as such if the intention was to coin a term in English(not Italian or other Latin languages).





http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-08-06_Old_Maps

A neat collection of links for all those mapomaniacs out there.





http://velohobo.com/2010/11/19/on-maps/

There’s a name for a coin collector: a numismatist.

There’s a name for a stamp collector: a philatelist.

There’s a name for a butterfly collector: a lepidopterist.

But there’s not one for map collecting, so we get to make one up. Mapohorder, Mapster, Mapomaniac, Mapophile, Mapophiliac … Any suggestions?






[Edited at 2014-01-13 13:37 GMT]
 
clearwater
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谢谢！ Jan 14, 2014

Lincoln Hui wrote:

一般應該是Gaelic吧。

好的，我就当Gaelid是typo了。
 
clearwater
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谢谢！ Jan 14, 2014

wherestip wrote:

I think he meant "Gaelic".

Also the coined word "mapomaniac" probably should have been spelled as such if the intention was to coin a term in English(not Italian or other Latin languages).





http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2008-08-06_Old_Maps

A neat collection of links for all those mapomaniacs out there.





http://velohobo.com/2010/11/19/on-maps/

There’s a name for a coin collector: a numismatist.

There’s a name for a stamp collector: a philatelist.

There’s a name for a butterfly collector: a lepidopterist.

But there’s not one for map collecting, so we get to make one up. Mapohorder, Mapster, Mapomaniac, Mapophile, Mapophiliac … Any suggestions?






[Edited at 2014-01-13 13:37 GMT]


从But there’s not one for map collecting, so we get to make one up. Mapohorder, Mapster, Mapomaniac, Mapophile, Mapophiliac … Any suggestions?
来看，
余老先生的mapamaniaco显然是个自造词，不过老实话，就构词而言，还不如Mapomaniac来得“正宗”^_^
 


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