tagliacozzi?

[Scott Wyant]

>From: LOT64 at aol.com
>Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 16:36:46 -0400
>Subject: re:V-Help me I don't know what he's talking about
>
>Dear Pynchonphiles,  (sounds vaguely obscene huh?)
>
>In reference to Schoenmaker being comparing his art  to that of Tagliacozzi,
>I just realized I have no idea who Tagliacozzi is.  Can anyone enlighten me?
> I found no reference to him in my Groliers and it's Sunday, the library is
>closed.


I don't know who Tagliacozzi is, either, but I think it's worth pointing out
that, in Italian

tagliare = "to cut"
cozzi often = "cosi" = a ribald slang term for "women" which can
approximately be translated as "pussy."

(I could go on about mussels, but I think I'll stop here.)

Scott Wyant
Spinoza Ltd.