[pynchon] against the day

[Dave Monroe]

> From: alan jc <ajcauk at yahoo.co.uk>
>
> Crosswords only appeared in the newspaper in 1913 and that was in the
> New York Times.

Sometimes, I think this is like complaining about all the noise
generated by the in vacuo spacecraft in the Star wars films, it's
beside the point, given how much in the work obviously ISN'T factual,
but ... but what I often find when I look up terms that pop out at me
here is, they often turn out to be employed anachronistically (e.g.,
Norfolk terrier in M&D), or are of fortuitous coinage (e.g., passerine
in Lot 49) ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=60179

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0110&msg=60343

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59200

I suspect Pynchon is aware of this in either case, seeing as he seems
already to be deploying etymological information, making wither that
anachronism or serendipity possibly significant itself ...