GR translation: there is a new election, a new preterition abroad

[David Morris]

This rampage of the Giant Adenoid is a parody of Orson Welles "War of
the Worlds," a classic example of mass hysteria.  Pirate is managing
the nightmare Lord Osmo, his fear of "a new election, a new
preterition."

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> And a Giant Adenoid never seen before is a new evil in the divine plan
> changing all the old terms........
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> From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> To: Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>; pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: GR translation: there is a new election, a new preterition
> abroad
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> Preterition makes sense.
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> The metaphor of a change in divine plan (who is and isn't saved) is used
> to describe the puzzling behavior of the adenoid.
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> Aboard here means throughout the land (not across the sea)
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> On 12/9/2011 12:48 PM, Mike Jing wrote:
>> Hmm...  The quote is a copy-and-paste job that I forgot to edit.  My
>> printed copy says "preterition" though.
>>
>> So you mean the Adenoid is pretending to be God?
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>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:49 AM, jochen stremmel<jstremmel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Mike, it's "pretention" as in your quote.
>>>
>>> 2011/12/9 Mike Jing<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>>> P15.28-35  . . . before long, tophats are littering the squares of
>>>> Mayfair, cheap perfume hanging ownerless in the pub lights of the East
>>>> End as the Adenoid continues on its rampage, not swallowing up its
>>>> victims at random, no, the fiendish Adenoid has a master plan, it’s
>>>> choosing only certain personalities useful to it—there is a new
>>>> election, a new pretention abroad in England here that throws the Home
>>>> Office into hysterical and painful episodes of indecision . . . no one
>>>> knows what to do . . .
>>>>
>>>> What is this new election and preterition referring to?  Why is the
>>>> preterition "abroad"?
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