Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

The segmentation of this monstrum probably is:

bababad algharaghta kamminar ronn konn bronn tonerron tuonn thunn trovarrhoun awnskawn toohoohoordenen thurnuk

It depicts the word for "thunder" in various languages.

• Third Census of Finnegans Wake

• Vico claimed that thunderclaps terrified primitive man into caves, giving rise to civilization.

• Donnerwort: (German) terrifying word (literally: "thunder-word") → J. S. Bach, Cantata No. 20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort ("O Eternity, thou word of fear" - words by Johann Rist)[1]

• konn + bronn → Pierre Cambronne, French officer who led the last of the hold-outs at the Battle of Waterloo. His name was used as a polite euphemism after his le mot de Cambronne ("the word of Cambronne"), "Merde!" ("Shit!"), which (according to some sources) was his reply to the call to surrender after the Battle of Waterloo.
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake

• Compare the thunderwords of FW to the sound poems of the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann.

• Humorous breakdown using popular song lyrics (written many decades after FW's publication) helps students memorize this thunderword

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