Back to AtD. Numbered days

[David Morris]

I think of it as a form of emphasis, like repeating the same word twice.

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 3:42 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:
> I read it as a mildly humorous intensifier: his days were numbered and [just
> in case you were wondering what range of number] few. But then, I grew up on
> too much S.J. Perelman.
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> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark Kohut
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:22 PM
> To: pynchon -l
> Subject: Back to AtD. Numbered days
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> p. 935 Coombs had known since quite early on the job that his days with the
> War Office
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> were numbered and few.
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> Q: a Redundancy, a tidbit of lax writing? When one says one's days were
> 'numbered', isn't few
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> sorta implied?
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