Re: Speaking of Pynchon… (SLPAD)

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 08:49:15 UTC 2023


On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:05 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> And the way TRP writes 'dwell upon", older righter way than 'dwell on'.
>



Really? Before I look it up, may I ask how so, in your estimation?

I admit to using them interchangeably.
“Upon” tends to make me start humming “up on a rooftop, way up high” so
that’s fun.
“Up” is nice and brief, also good.


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