Cremains is a common word in the US. According to my Websters, it originated in 1945-1950. Ruth At 01:01 PM 9/20/2002 -0600, you wrote: >_X-Message: #2 >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:46:33 +0200 >From: Kjell Ove Hattrem <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Cemetery use >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Marlena Amalfitano: > >>When I was in Switzerland, this spring, I asked about this and was told >>the family has the use of the grave for 50 years for a particular person, >>then they are cremated and the family decides what to do with the cremains. > >Did you invent the word 'cremains'? I have never seen it before, and I >think it's a nice amalgam of 'cremate' and 'remains'. > >Kjell O. Hattrem