ampersands

[Scott Eric Kaufman]

On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, William Daniel Walsh wrote:

> Don't know if this has been brought up before, but does anybody else see 
> a connection between TRP's obsession with ampersands and the frequency 
> with which they appear in the letters of a certain Wanda T.

I'm not sure it's been discussed either, but the connection's there.  As
is the "Y'r O'b'd'n't S'r'v'n't" thing I just massacred.  

I'm curious as to the P-lister consensus on the whole Wandy T. fiasco.
Was there a consensus?

Since I read it around the same time I was reading Vineland, I can't help
but to feel that the tones of both are too similar to be unrelated.  And
now, reading M&D, knowing that Wanda T.'s letters predate
(publication-wise) M&D, I'm nearly convinced . . . .