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]]> By: ross http://citypaper.net/blogs/criticalmass/2009/07/10/infinite-summer-vocab-lesson-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28683 ross Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:40:38 +0000 http://criticalmass.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/?p=3387#comment-28683 i'm reading! p. 198, so almost on track. i've actually found the heavy dialect passages so far surprisingly engaging and touching and, yknow, readable (and of course funny), particularly the "yrstruly" bit on p. 128-134... i think it's because these narrators stick to the essential emotional/narrative content of their stories without wandering off to discuss random minutae as DFW likes to do in his normal authorial voice. also thought the lecture/monologue from Himself's father (p. 157-169) was one of the most powerful pieces in the book so far – let me know what you think. aren't these supposed to be the official bookmarks: http://miklb.com/infinite-summer-bookmarks ? i dunno, i'm using my ticket stub from "up" (and an 8 of clubs i found for the endnotes.) also, i have not been bothering to look any words up so far, which probably saves a fair amount of time. "pedalferrous" seems to be the adjectival form of pedalfer: Soil that is characterized by an abundance of aluminum and iron oxides. Pedalfers are common in humid regions and are deposited ... through leaching. [from American Heritage Dictionary, via http://www.thefreedictionary.com] and "erumpent" means "Bursting through or as if through a surface or covering." (but I thought of the Harry Potter thing too.) i’m reading! p. 198, so almost on track. i’ve actually found the heavy dialect passages so far surprisingly engaging and touching and, yknow, readable (and of course funny), particularly the “yrstruly” bit on p. 128-134… i think it’s because these narrators stick to the essential emotional/narrative content of their stories without wandering off to discuss random minutae as DFW likes to do in his normal authorial voice.

also thought the lecture/monologue from Himself’s father (p. 157-169) was one of the most powerful pieces in the book so far – let me know what you think.

aren’t these supposed to be the official bookmarks: http://miklb.com/infinite-summer-bookmarks ?

i dunno, i’m using my ticket stub from “up” (and an 8 of clubs i found for the endnotes.) also, i have not been bothering to look any words up so far, which probably saves a fair amount of time.

“pedalferrous” seems to be the adjectival form of pedalfer:
Soil that is characterized by an abundance of aluminum and iron oxides. Pedalfers are common in humid regions and are deposited … through leaching.

[from American Heritage Dictionary, via http://www.thefreedictionary.com

and “erumpent” means “Bursting through or as if through a surface or covering.” (but I thought of the Harry Potter thing too.)

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