Atd SPOILER p.343

[pynchonoid]

Sorry, John, I meant my comment as a joke. Sounded
like the other guy was ready to ask for his money back
since  Pynchon dared to use a word more than once.

I see no problem with using the word more than once,
it's not like the rich chocolatey goodness all
evaporates the first time you crack it open.

Maybe that's one of those "tuneful" words Pynchon was
talking about in his letter to the editor, that like a
chimpanzee he just can't resist.


--- John BAILEY <JBAILEY at theage.com.au> wrote:

> I've counted three appearances - but then I did note
> the word in the
> 19th C. slang page Ya Sam provided a while back
> (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Slang.html) as
> the second word on
> the list. This was before I began AtD. Don't know if
> the term was common
> enough to justify such repeated use; I don't think
> it's lazy on P's
> behalf, but it's a strange word to keep returning
> to. 
> 


 
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