Watts article

[jbor]

>> But the style of attribution ("they", "others" etc)
>> is also deliberate on Pynchon's part: he's trying to
>> get into "the mind" of Watts, reporting on the general
>> "mood" of the locals.
> 
> Add "man" and "baby" and "cat" and stir vigorously.

The use of "man" (for emphasis) and "baby" and "cat" all occur within direct
speech. You'd have him rewrite his informants' words in "good" English?

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