Proper naming in Pynchon

David Evers dme at nemesys.co.uk
Thu Feb 22 11:41:53 CST 1996


Speaking of Blood and Vato, I'm curious as to why they each use
their _own_ names in their dialogues -- as in (from fallible memory)

  Blood: Time to lock and load, Blood
  Vato:  Let's go, Vato

Almost like a radio call sign?  Is this some standard procedure
among Vietnam vets?  Or is it a Chip'n'Dale thing?  Or what?

Cheers,

---- Dave



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