Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

[grladams at teleport.com]

spoiler





p 806-7


almost a metaphor for reading ATD, the godlike status of the author,
loosing one's way and all other kinds of things...





This reminds me of a particularly funny episode later on in the book on pp
806-07 where the matter of map scale comes up, Theign explaining to Cyprian
the benefits of a certian representational fraction that allows more space
to occur on less paper.

"What's This?" Cyprian said.
"Map of Austria-Hungary."
"Oh. Do I get a magnifying lens with it?"
.... etc....

-Jill





Original Message:
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From: Charles Albert cfalbert at gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:23:07 -0400
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary


If you own it for less than $20 bucks, even adjusted for inflation, the
Compact Edition is a miracle and indispensable.
It is the one thing I haven't manage to misplace in over 30 years.....

love,
cfa

On 5/3/07, Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.org> wrote:
>
>
> You mean the one with the little drawer for the magnifying glass one
> needs in order to read anything in it? Yes, we have a copy.
>
> Do we ever use it?  The magnifying glass? Yes, to read the telephone
> book. The two volumes? Yes, once in a while. Maybe every two or three
> years.
>
> Lawrence
>
> On May 3, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Ya Sam wrote:
>
> It goes without saying that OED is the best companion when hunting
> down obscure words in Pynchon but it is unlikely that I'll ever get
> the 20 volume set. Hence my question: Does anyone here have the 2
> volume SOED? Is it enough for you when reading logomaniac authors,
> would you recommend it?
>
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