IVIV (1) From The Desert To The Sea (And All Of Southern California)

[David Morris]

No, REIT is a common term Pynchon would surely know, and it fits
perfectly with a Real Estate agent.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:21 AM, rich<richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> do we give Pynchon too much credit sometimes?
>
> e.g. this whole thing on Reet and REIT
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> it seems like a leap to me
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> this definition could be as good as any: one such one: "Reet" is
> fairly common pre-80s slang for "good"/"excellent"/"awesome"
>
> Jackie Wilson's song "Reet Petite"?
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>
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> On 8/26/09, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
>> "....with her phenomenal lot-by-lot grasp of land use from the desert
>> to the sea, as they liked to say on the evening news" (p. 6)
>>
>> they = Jerry Dunphy
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dunphy
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>> There's no footage of him uttering the words from a newscast - however:
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>> Here he is:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiB6-4C6LvI
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>> And he wrote the lyrics to this:
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>> http://tinyurl.com/nnvscm
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