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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