NPPF Re: Notes C.1-4 - C.42

[MdShrk1]

Jasper,

In Humboldt County, a "stump jumper" is an old beat up pick-up, usually 4
wheel drive, that is used to tear through the logging roads, etc.

Respectfully,

Tim Mooney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jasper Fidget" <jasper at hatguild.org>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: NPPF Re: Notes C.1-4 - C.42


> >
> > >>>pg 76
> > "Southey's Lingo-Grande ('Dear Stumparumper,' etc)": I have
> > no idea other than Lingo-Grande == Great (or large) Language
> > (or lick)?  "Dear Stumparumper" sounds German, der Stümper
> > (blunderer) and der Rumpf (body,
> > torso) maybe?<<<
> >
>
> But then there's this:
>
> "stump jumper: US colloq. a person from a rural area, a hillbilly" (OED)
>
>
>