MDMD(1): Questions/Notes

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

> MDMD(1): Questions

> 5.13 `Second-Street'?

I know someone mentioned Second Street in Philadelphia--but I get a
definite feel here that the phrase "Second-Street Chippendale" is meant to
imply inferior quality.  Was Philadelphia's Second Street known for
furniture knock-offs?

> 15.31 `Motrix' = matrix (this spelling is repeated several times)

At the cited appearance ("Dixon. . .finds himself laughing without the
Motrix of honest Mirth. . .") it seems it could be a variant of "motive."
I'm not sure where else this word appears so I can't check this hypothesis
against other occurences.

> MDMD(1): Notes

> 15.23 `Did ye see them rahde the Eeahr at Taahburn?' sounds more
> Yorkshire than North East. Maybe deliberate or maybe just a bad ear?

I think deliberate--Pynchon may be showing Mason's inability to recreate
Dixon's speech correctly.

My apologies if these have been done to death and I missed it--and thanks
to Andrew for the great job putting all this together.

	Steve Maas