GR translation: almond fringes

[Mark Kohut]

If he elided 'eyes'.....and the fringes refers to his whites...

Hey, I'm probably wrong just throwing it out as I do...but others, you,
Mike,  will have to judge.
How do you 'prove' an elision? Why even suggest one? I ask myself.

Because almond as a color strikes me as.....Off ..from Pynchon, but we know
how I project.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:58 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, but how are eyes fringe?
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.classic-colors.com/ENG/PRODUCTCOLOR/COLOR_Almond
>>
>> almond eyes shape
>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=almond+eyes+shape&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjshsTX8MjNAhURID4KHSVtCmMQsAQIKw&biw=1301&bih=876>
>>
>> As we've learned, Pynchon sometimes elides...and he often, often packs
>> multiple meanings when he can.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:45 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The text doesn't say "almond eyes."  It says "almond fringes," which
>>> means blond eyelashes in the context of of his "imponderable net of
>>> gold" leg hair and his "eyes a seldom-encountered blue."
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Almond eyes are narrow and elongated in shape. ... This shape is
>>>> usually quite large and round (similar to prominent eyes).
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:12 AM, Mike Jing <
>>>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> V102.18-26   Gottfried, in the cage, watches her slip her bonds and
>>>>> go. Fair and slender, the hair on his legs only visible in sunlight
>>>>> and then as a fine, imponderable net of gold, his eyelids already
>>>>> wrinkling in oddly young/old signatures, flourishes, the eyes a
>>>>> seldom-encountered blue that on certain days, in sync with the
>>>>> weather, is too much for these almond fringes and brims over, seeps,
>>>>> bleeds out to illuminate the boy’s entire face, virgin-blue,
>>>>> drowned-man blue, blue drawn so insatiably into the chalky walls of
>>>>> Mediterranean streets we quietly cycled through in noontimes of the
>>>>> old peace. . . .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the "almond" in "almond fringes" refer to shape? Or something
>>>>> else?
>>>>> -
>>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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