GRGR(31) Kelvinator-Bostonian

[Bruce Appelbaum]

FWIW -- Kelvinator is a brand of refrigerator (named for Lord Kelvin, a
great thermodynamicist).  Bostonian is a brand of shoes.  Neither brand is
seen much these days, I think.


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Regards

Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: GRGR(31) Kelvinator-Bostonian


> p.677.35: What is a 'Kelvinator-Bostonian dialect'?
>
> Since the Kelvinator is located in Boston, that's how it speaks.
> Maybe something like the accent Jack Kennedy used -- English regional
> accent mavens may know better.
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