syncope

[Toby G Levy]

Thanks, jbor.  

I thought that he was referring to the slurring of words due to being
drunk.

Toby

> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:11:33 +1100
> From: jbor at bigpond.com
> Subject: Re: Syncope
> 
> On 07/01/2006:
> 
> > vw #2: syncope - shortening a word by dropping a letter or 
> syllable
> >
> > "...spending an intermission among the eventless corridors of 
> > Syncope..."
> 
> Probably not the grammatical or musical denotation in the context:
> syncope n. (Med.) temporary loss of consciousness from fall of blood 
> pressure
> 
> http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/medical/syncope.htm
> 
> i.e. "had I been then taken for dead, whilst in fact" having just 
> fainted due to "the final Bowl of Ale [...]"
> Wicks is being a wiseguy but Pynchon is doing a bit of a riff on the 
> Resurrection of Christ.