Re Geli Tripping

[Tom Stanton]

Breytenbach, C T wrote:
> 
> Does anybody on the list have any thoughts on the pretty young witch
> tripping gaily through Tchitcherine's and Slothrop's lives, Geli
> Tripping? Especially her name? "Tripping" is obvious, but could Pynchon
> have chosen "Geli" as some sort of reference to Adolf Hitler's niece,
> Geli Raubal? GR (mmm...)

I've heard that "Geli," which I would pronounce like "Jelly,"
is actualy pronounced "Gaily", so it's a play on words...