Difference between revisions of "Brontoichthyan"
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| − | * | + | * '''Brontosaurus, Ichthyosaurus:''' types of dinosaur → foreshadows the visit to the [[Wallinstone national museum]] between [[Page_8|FW 008.01]] – [[Page_10|010.23]], the extinct dinosaurs being humorously contrasted with the more recently deceased Duke of Wellington |
| − | * | + | * '''''Gr'' βροντη (brontē):''' thunder → [[Page_3|FW 003.15]] |
| − | * | + | * '''''Gr'' ιχθυς (ichthys):''' fish → an early Christian acronym for Christ → [[Fush]] |
| − | * | + | * '''ichthyal:''' fishlike |
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| + | * '''Brontë:''' a literary family of Irish extraction → the Brontë foliation which litters this paragraph with allusions may have been suggested by the identification of the micturating girls with Lillie Langtry ([[Page_30|FW 030.01:]] [[Lili O'Rangans]]), whose real name was Emily Charlotte Le ''Breton'' → ''[[Ulysses]]'' 703.02 ff: "Mrs Langtry the Jersey Lily the prince of Wales was in love with" | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160127&q1=Bronte Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
Revision as of 03:49, 23 July 2006
- Brontosaurus, Ichthyosaurus: types of dinosaur → foreshadows the visit to the Wallinstone national museum between FW 008.01 – 010.23, the extinct dinosaurs being humorously contrasted with the more recently deceased Duke of Wellington
- Gr βροντη (brontē): thunder → FW 003.15
- Gr ιχθυς (ichthys): fish → an early Christian acronym for Christ → Fush
- ichthyal: fishlike
- Brontë: a literary family of Irish extraction → the Brontë foliation which litters this paragraph with allusions may have been suggested by the identification of the micturating girls with Lillie Langtry (FW 030.01: Lili O'Rangans), whose real name was Emily Charlotte Le Breton → Ulysses 703.02 ff: "Mrs Langtry the Jersey Lily the prince of Wales was in love with"
