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* '''''L'' De Profundis:''' "Out of the depths", the opening words (and the traditional title) of Vulgate Psalm 129; the priest recites this psalm at funerals, before the body is taken out of the house; hence, its place at the wake
  
This is the title of Psalm 129, meaning "out of the depths."  The priest recites this psalm at funerals, before the body is taken out of the house. Hence its place at the wake.
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* '''Oscar Wilde, ''De Profundis'':''' a long letter or apology written by the Irish writer while he was in jail, and a key text for FW; Wilde's full name, Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, contains an allusion to "Fingal" (the Scottish name for Finn MacCool) and hints at the initials F.W.
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160394&q1=Wilde Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/dprof10.txt ''De Profundis'']
  
(?): "De Profundis" is also the title of the long letter written by Oscar Wilde while he was in jail.  Wilde was born in Dublin.  His full name was Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, containing the word "Fin" and suggesting the initials F.W.
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* '''high-brow:''' an intellectual
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* '''low-brow:''' a person who makes no pretensions to intellect
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* '''deep blue''' → [[L/R split]]
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*'''''G'' blau:''' blue → [[L/R split]]
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* '''''G'' Brau: brew
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* '''''AngI'' braw:''' fine
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* '''''I breá:''' fine
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* '''''G'' fündig:''' rich in deposits
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* '''fun duds''' → funeral clothes? clothes to wear while one is having fun?
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* '''digs:''' lodgings, accomodation; archaeological excavations

Revision as of 09:57, 11 July 2006

  • L De Profundis: "Out of the depths", the opening words (and the traditional title) of Vulgate Psalm 129; the priest recites this psalm at funerals, before the body is taken out of the house; hence, its place at the wake
  • Oscar Wilde, De Profundis: a long letter or apology written by the Irish writer while he was in jail, and a key text for FW; Wilde's full name, Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, contains an allusion to "Fingal" (the Scottish name for Finn MacCool) and hints at the initials F.W.
  • high-brow: an intellectual
  • low-brow: a person who makes no pretensions to intellect
  • G Brau: brew
  • AngI braw: fine
  • I breá: fine
  • G fündig: rich in deposits
  • fun duds → funeral clothes? clothes to wear while one is having fun?
  • digs: lodgings, accomodation; archaeological excavations