RE;BEg2 chapter9

[Mark Kohut]

I think that is correct.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 1:24 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> I guess I thought it was just a silly name to match the silly discipline
> of Disgruntlement Theory: goof, oof, poof. Maybe the cigar that is just a
> cigar?
>
> > On Dec 18, 2021, at 3:54 AM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Mark Kohut wrote:
> > What does the sound of Lavoof's name remind a Pynchon reader of?
> > Half-a-Loaf?
> >
> > I’m thinking Loofah but that has no parallel Pynchonianism afaik
> >
> > Nor is there anything like a Lavoof I could find in the general area of
> > disgruntlement, though there ought to be.
> >
> >
> > On disgruntlement, Nate Silver of 538 wrote in 2009
> >
> > https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/194709/ <
> https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/194709/>
> > More about politics though.
> >
> >
> > Somebody named Herzberg theorized mightily on employee satisfaction and
> > dissatisfaction:
> >
> > https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/herzberg-theory
> <https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/herzberg-theory>
> >
> >
> > Theories of whistleblowing:
> > https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12642 <
> https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12642>
> >
> >
> > Transparency.org <http://transparency.org/> on Whistleblower Day 2021
> >
> >
> https://www.transparency.org/en/news/world-whistleblowers-day-2021-speaking-up-against-corruption-crucial-just-world-alacs-can-help
> <
> https://www.transparency.org/en/news/world-whistleblowers-day-2021-speaking-up-against-corruption-crucial-just-world-alacs-can-help
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:20 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> What does the sound of Lavoof's name remind a Pynchon reader of?
> >> Half-a-Loaf?
> >>
> >> And Phipps Epperdew definition:
> >>
> >> Éperdue definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
> >> <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eperdue <
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eperdue>>
> >>
> >> Éperdue definition: feminine form of eperdu , meaning distracted |
> >> Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 2:55 AM Michael Bailey <
> >> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Quoth Quail:
> >>>
> >>> Cue Homer Simpson forehead slap and "D'oh!" on my part. You are right;
> >>> of *course* Maxine's probably being sarcastic!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Only after a similar brow assault did that occur to me, hours after I
> >>> posted.
> >>>
> >>> I was getting ready to tie Guys and Dolls action into the theme of
> >>> the book; the way Nathan Detroit was unable to commit, like Horst,
> >>> might’ve been a good entry point. Windust would be like that Sky
> >>> Masterson character, hustling Maxine off to Havana for Cuba Libres,
> >>> and plotting against Castro at the same time? ACFE would be like the
> >>> Salvation Army, Nicely Nicely Johnson could be…
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> High School Musical? Noooooooooooooo!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Yeah, maybe one of the sequels instead. So hard to choose!
> >>
> >>
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