BE group read: CH 2

[Joseph Tracy]

> I think THAT question will take you a lot further than trying to find some hidden code in the name
Please then by all means address your own question, and take us further. Could be interesting.

> On Nov 8, 2021, at 8:09 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> In other words (in case you missed my drift), “Hashslingerz” would seem to be an obviously derogatory moniker.  Do the characters in BE see that obvious put-down when referring to this company?  If they don’t see what is so obvious to the even slightly aware reader, then why is that? Is this an inside joke between Pynchon and the reader?  If so, what is Pynchon winking at us about?  I think THAT question will take you a lot further than trying to find some hidden code in the name.
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> But maybe I just can’t get beyond the obvious.
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> David Morris 
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> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 3:51 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
> A hash slinger is a short order cook. Someone who “slings” crap food across a grill and onto a plate, to be served in a cheap diner.  “Crap thrower” might be its equivalent.  Or crap “server”:  somebody who serves crap.