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[Ghetta Life]

Sure, foreign language italics.  But dispens is not, to my knowlege, slang 
in any language to mean dispensory.  But it's not far off.   But WHY (not 
necesarily a deep quest) is my question.

Ghetta

>From: jbor at bigpond.com
>
>Dutch? Afrikaans?
>
>best
>
>On 25/01/2006:
>
>>Makes sense to me, but one wonders why Pynchon uses this word, in italics 
>>even.
>>
>>>Dispensary? Something like a storeroom or cupboard?
>>>
>>>>Cornelius keeps elephant guns nearby to defend the honor of his
>>>>daughters. He keeps one in  "Dispens" out back? The word Dispens is in
>>>>italics. What does it mean - outhouse?
>

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