More Pynchonian eye dialect

Twelve years ago I wrote a bit about Pynchon’s use of eye dialect in his underappreciated 2013 novel Bleeding Edge. In that book, the dialogue of Californian woman (Vyrna McElmo) is stylized so that her -ings are spelled -een, presumably denoting [in]; e.g., “I’m still, like, vibrateen“. I am now working through Vineland (1990). In that book, another … Continue reading "More Pynchonian eye…