GRGR 1:5- "...laminar and gently singing" / apologies to any Snoxalls

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From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
Sent: Nov 28, 2005 11:07 PM
To: "jbor at bigpond.com" <jbor at bigpond.com>
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: GRGR 1:5- "...laminar and gently singing" / apologies to any Snoxalls

the name of the pub, Snoxall's, is the name of a Bantu dictionary that
came out in 1967 http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/nigecong.html
the Snoxall's is about halfway down the page.

I thought "Snoxall's" to be a derogatory reference to Vauxhall, i.e., the HQ of SOE ("snotty Vauxhall's).