u.s.w.

[White, Rich]

German for ETC (and so forth).  There is much facetiousness on this list and 
any rumors about Pynchon's identity and alleged authorship of non-canonical 
works should be treated as a joke in my experience.
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.*++From: owner-pynchon-l
.*++To: SY19058
.*++Subject: u.s.w.
.*++Date: Wednesday, June 05, 1996 10:18AM
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.*++Hello from a long time lurker.  I hate for this to be my first
.*++post to this group.  I would rather have something interesting
.*++to say or ask about the nature of Slothrop, the V2 bomp, curious
.*++concepts of W.A.S.T.E. or why I really didn't like Vineland but
.*++I don't (yet).  I am currently halfway through "Gravity's Rainbow"
.*++(after starting for the fourth time, and yes it gets easier after
.*++the end of the second chapter) and I have yet again run into
.*++the nth word/phrase I don't know, but unlike all the others I am
.*++not sure what this is.  What does "u.s.w." stand for?  It seems
.*++like he is using it as "etc" but I would like a full expansion
.*++of it if I could.  Any help?  Thanks.
.*++
.*++N.S.
.*++
.*++p.s.  I personally don't see how that silly rumor about Pynchon
.*++being the one and the same as Sallinger (sp?) continues.  I
.*++personally don't see a great resemblence, but then again I only
.*++have read one J.D. and only 3.5 T.R.
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.*++| Noah Sturr     | "Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way |
.*++| sturr at sky.net  |  or another."  - Dr. Who                          |
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