ATD 397, Vernacular, dialect??

pynchonoid pynchonoid at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 1 11:03:50 CST 2006


Brooklyn?  New Orleans?

I haven't gotten this far in the novel so I don't know
the context.

Maybe davemarc's dialect experts can shed some light?

--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:

> What kind of vernacular is Pynchon immitating here?
> 
> "So yiz paid double f' sumt'in's only good in
> Chicago ten yeeuhz ago? etc.
> 
> =


 
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