ATD 397, Vernacular, dialect??

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Fri Dec 1 11:25:19 CST 2006


I'm gonna guess some form of the New York accent a la Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Dialect



> 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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