V.V. (14) SHOCK and SHROUD

[Dave Monroe]

I figured the Spanish thing was obvious, I guess, is
all, though I do recall it coming up somewhere else to
some effect, and I wish now I hadn't neglected that
Arabic connection ("wallah").  I realize now, though,
that I forgot to tie up my own, er, "Swedish" reading,
i.e., "I Am Curious (Yellow)."  One of those rare
moments where I'm of a mind to just say, well, while 
"Bergomask" might well have been chosen because of
those "mechanicals," and, despite its Italian (a dance
from Bergamo, which has its own allusive possibilies
...) origins, sounded Scandanavian, hence ... well,
just needed a name, is all.  But I guess I'm going to
have to read that there Warlock one of these days.  In
the meantime, working on ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> >From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
> 
> >  But why,
> > then, the "Oley"?  To complete the vaguely
> Scandinavian (Danish,
> > perhaps?) effect?  "Yel(l)o(w)" backwards, but ...
> 
> Perhaps Olé?
> 
> olé (interj.) 1. an exclamation of approval or
> encouragement customary at
> bullfights, flamenco dancing, and other Spanish or
> Latin American events.
> (n.) 2. a cry of olé. [Spanish, from Arabic wa-llah:
> "wa" and + "allah" God]
> 
> But I don't know quite where that allusive chain
> might be leading ...
> 
> Also, that "avant-garde western called
> *Existentialist Sheriff*" which Benny
> is reading (284.7) immediately brings *Warlock* to
> mind again, and links him
> (if only tenuously) to Ruby/Paola, "smoking and
> reading a western" as she
> waits for McLintic (281.19).
> 
> best
> 
> ----------


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