Ginnandgo gap
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- coital gap ?
- Gin and Tonic, Gin and Soda
Commentary
The author may be implying that the historian fell into this gap, losing track of time between the B.C. and A.D. epochs.
in the ginnandgo gap between antediluvian and annadominant
The author may be referring to the gap between the end of FW and its beginning. The opening section occurs before the Flood (antediluvian), while the book ends with ALP's final speech (annadominant). The last word, the, would be spelled in Hebrew by a single letter, thaw, which looks like a doorway; hence the reference a few lines below to someone banging the door (banged pan the bliddy duran)
