Pynchon's Russia--US

[Thomas Eckhardt]

As for "That no good" in the Ginsberg poem being African-American 
Vernacular, as I suggested, here is Wiki on AAV:


'The copula be in the present tense is often dropped, as in Russian, Hebrew, 
Arabic and other languages. For example: You crazy ("You're crazy") or She 
my sister ("She's my sister"). The phenomenon is also observed in questions: 
Who you? ("Who're you?") and Where you at? ("Where are you (at)?"). This has 
been sometimes considered a Southern U.S. regionalism, though it is most 
frequent in black speech.'