Chums the word

[rich]

of course Chum is also fish bait

(why do I have to shovel this shit?--classic)

so the sea would be Pynchon's chum, eh?

rich

On 8/27/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I do not think this is really relevant for the use of chums in IV except as
> background understanding of the word in general.
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> I cannot find anything related to W.C. Fields.
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> "Chums: a tale of the queen's navy"‎ - 1880. See Google Book Search
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> Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 that was the official
> paper of the British Boy Scouts and British Boys' Naval Brigade (National
> Naval Cadets). The publisher also gathered the weekly paper into monthly and
> annual editions.
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chums_(paper)
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> And, speaking of TRP's love of the sea.....we cannot forget he chose the
> navy; or, having chosen the navy, the sea chose him.
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