a couple three

[Ya Sam]

Here is a bit of statistical info as regards the use of 'couple-three' in 
Pynchon's fiction.

Slow Learner: 2 times

Lot 49: 2 times

GR: 3 times

Vineland: 1 time

M&D: none

AtD, well, I don't have the electronic text yet, but he does abuse that 
expression in this novel. I think he uses it in AtD more often than in all 
of his previous novels taken together.





>As for "couple three", this is a locution that Pynchon has always  used in 
>his novels and his essays.

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