ATDDTA (6) 178-179

mikebailey at speakeasy.net mikebailey at speakeasy.net
Wed Apr 11 12:03:45 CDT 2007


Dave Monroe pointed out: 
> 
> --- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
> > 
> > ... there is some use of the term "86ed" in
> > > Vineland in the form of a modifier based on Latin
> > > roots. Like "Octosexigenation" or suchlike....
> p. 186 "octogenarihexation" = 86'd = tossed out.
> 
> http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter9.htm
> 
> How'd he manage to nail that on p. 186 ...
> 

the dean emeritus of the p-list, Andrew Dinn, once posted
a recommendation that all and sundry make a little
bookmark with numbers on each line, to make it easy
to find line references.
As a detail-oriented writer, can we assume Pynchon
doesn't do that or something like it while composing?





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