A-and...

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Correct me, others, if I'm wrong, but wasn't this first used in GR?  I think of it as sort of the "Slothropian stammer," a sign that the speaker is in regular-guy, down-to-earth mode, rather than off on some mystical, stream-of-consciousness tangent.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kyle Grieser <kylegg at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 23, 2006 4:34 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: A-and...
>
>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
>