GRGR Finale: Death and the City

[Paul Mackin]

HAREbrained seems to have been the original form but HAIRbrained come very
quickly into acceptable usage. 

By the way my saying that hairbrained or harebrained was an honor in
Pynchon wasn't meant to be a big deal. No one as far as I know ever said
it was NOT a badge of honor.

		P. 



On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Andrew Foley wrote:

> Paul Mackin wrote.... 
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> <snip>
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> >Fer heavenssake, "hairbrained" in NOT an insult. In Pynchon everything is
> >hairbrained. The more hairbrained the better . . .
> 
> It's not a word one sees a lot these days, but I remember it as being
> "harebrained", ie having the brain of a hare.
> 
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