Difference between revisions of "Boomeringstroms"
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* '''boomerang:''' a wooden weapon or instrument most closely identified with Australian Aborigines | * '''boomerang:''' a wooden weapon or instrument most closely identified with Australian Aborigines | ||
| + | ** Note that Austrians don't like to be confused with Austrialians, and Joyce manages to put two allusions to both countries into two neighbooring words | ||
* '''Strom:''' (''German'') stream | * '''Strom:''' (''German'') stream | ||
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* '''Bummerin''', the bell of Vienna's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral] | * '''Bummerin''', the bell of Vienna's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral] | ||
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* '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | * '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | ||
| − | * '''booming storms''' | + | * '''booming storms:''' → cf Rose's emendation of '''Assiegates''' to '''Assiegales''' |
Revision as of 08:34, 30 April 2011
- boomerang: a wooden weapon or instrument most closely identified with Australian Aborigines
- Note that Austrians don't like to be confused with Austrialians, and Joyce manages to put two allusions to both countries into two neighbooring words
- Strom: (German) stream
- Bummerin, the bell of Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral
- maelstroms: whirlpools
- booming storms: → cf Rose's emendation of Assiegates to Assiegales
