Auntie-Oedipussy

[s~Z]

>>>As you note -- if I understand you correctly -- words
take on many meanings in the context of their use.
Dixon's -- yours -- mine...<<<

Yeah, context is one determining factor in what a word signifies.

>>>OK, as long as you're willing to stray from what P actually wrote, no
problemo...<<<

I find the concept 'what P actually wrote' in the context of a book
discussion troublesome. Determining 'what Pynchon actually wrote' is a bit
more complex than a rote recitation of words on a page. Having been reared
in a hyperfundamentalist Christian subculture, such a conceptualization
smells funny to me.