A-and...

[Jasper Fidget]

I would suggest excitement, eagerness to spit the words out:

"Chick Counterfly and Darby Suckling had been lobbying for a naked
woman, "A-and th' more curvaceous, the better!" as Darby demanded

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 18:49 -0500, Joe Allonby wrote:
> Seems just like a written version of a common viocal tic, implying
> uncertainty on the part of the questioner.
> 
> On 11/23/06, Kyle Grieser <kylegg at gmail.com> wrote: 
>         Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I've been
>         unable to
>         find an answer searching through wiki or google. 
>         
>         What is the meaning of Pynchon's frequent use of
>         "a-and"?  I've
>         noticed it frequently in GR, and other novels.
>         
>         -k
>         
>