Sloat Fresno / and his buddy

mikebailey at speakeasy.net mikebailey at speakeasy.net
Wed May 16 04:47:45 CDT 2007


Ya Sam wrote:
> 'fresno' so I checked it in a dictionary, turned out it means 'ash 
> tree'.
> Look what they say in wikipedia:
> 
> In Norse mythology, the World Tree Yggdrasil is commonly held to be an ash 
> tree, and the first man, Ask, was formed from an ash tree (the first woman 
> was made from elm).
> 

Wanted to mention, all the Pynchon biographies say he was in the Spanish club in high school, and lived in Mexico, 
so the Spanish meanings should be included...
...also: Deuce Kindred's initials are DK (decay) ...

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