Speaking of Pynchon... (SPLAD)

[Joseph Tracy]

A  “righter” way?  Is this classic Kohut or what? He is appproving of a belief about correct diction by calling it righter? Is this word in a special dictionary I can’t find? Really,  righter? 


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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 3:05 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com <https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l>> 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.