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[jbor at bigpond.com]

The Vrooms are Dutch, and that's what *they* call it.

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On 25/01/2006:

> 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.
>
>> Dutch? Afrikaans?
>>
>>> 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?