Re: Speaking of Pynchon… (SLPAD)

Dee Kilroy deadendkid76 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 19 15:15:44 UTC 2023


Proper form english weren't much of a muchness in the PCB-drenched
foothills of Dogwater, Alabammy, Mr. Morris.

On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 4:52 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I’ve heard “might could” in the wild, though not recently.
>
> Triangulating from the situations & characters it cropped up in & from,
> it’s a little bit country…and a little bit rock’n’roll…maybe a touch of
> jazz
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 7:07 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> “Might could?”
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 10:19 PM Dee Kilroy <deadendkid76 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > "He once talked about a story built around or containing environmental
>> > activism as I recall."
>> >
>> > Intriguing...  I might could sense the seeds of that in Vineland.  (It's
>> > very much the right place & time for spiking trees.)  Where'd you chance
>> > across this?
>> >
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