what the fuck is the point of pychon using "sez" instead

>>9926966

he's an old fogy and that was the hip way they sezd it back in the 50s

>>9926966
Prez says its A-OK

>>9926966
>"sez" instead of "says"?
>this is a serious question for some
literature is no longer poetic or human. its more of a science now.

>>9926966
Maybe he liked that it's more phonemic.

>>9926966
It's pomo

>>9926966
Like my literature teacher told back in high school, when you become a famous author you get to make the writing rules

>>9926966

Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink

being kooky sells books.

Sez is jokey and informal, it sounds comic book. Pynchon highlights the function of language in his writing. How is this hard to understand? It's not like he uses 'sez' exclusively.

>>9926966
zizek.. easy on the ideology

>So I sez to Mable I sez
>So I says to Mable I says

See the difference?
(Pynchon probably wrote that Simpsons joke under a pen name)

>>9926966
it's jazzier