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| + | * '''the fall of Finnigan''' → '''the pftjschute of Finnegan''' | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | ||
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* '''pftjschute:''' ideophonic word which depicts the [[fall]] of [[Finn|Tim Finnegan]] | * '''pftjschute:''' ideophonic word which depicts the [[fall]] of [[Finn|Tim Finnegan]] | ||
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| + | * '''pršut:''' (''Serbian, Croatian'') smoked ham | ||
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| + | * '''prosciutto:''' (''Italian'') Italian spiced ham. Etymology: from Italian, alteration (probably by infl. of ''prosciugato'' "dried") of ''presciutto'', from ''pre-'', intensive prefix + ''-sciutto'', from Latin ''exsuctus'' "lacking juice, dried up," pp. of ''exsugere'' "suck out, draw out moisture," from ''ex-'' "out" + ''sugere'' "to suck"[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=prosciutto] | ||
| + | ** '''pftjschute''' → '''pršut:''' → '''prosciutto''' could be an etymological allusion to ''femina'' ("woman, female," lit. "she who suckles," from base of ''felare'' "to suck, suckle")[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=feminine] and thus imply the sexual matter of the fall of Finnegan | ||
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| + | * '''prosecute:''' The trial of [[Giordano Bruno]], or the judgment of the sins that lead to the fall of various characters | ||
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| + | * '''chute:''' (''English'') a vertical or inclined path, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity | ||
* '''chute:''' (''French'') fall | * '''chute:''' (''French'') fall | ||
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| + | * '''chut''' (''French''), '''pst''' (''German''): shush!, hist! | ||
* '''parachute''' → it fails to open | * '''parachute''' → it fails to open | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute#History Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute#History Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * '''pfui:''' ('' | + | * '''pfui:''' (''German'') an expression of contempt or disgust |
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| + | * '''pfft''' (pronounced [pf(t)]), a French interjection signifying indifference or scorn (Robert) | ||
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| + | [[Category:Fall]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:13, 26 December 2012
- the fall of Finnigan → the pftjschute of Finnegan
- pftjschute: ideophonic word which depicts the fall of Tim Finnegan
- pršut: (Serbian, Croatian) smoked ham
- prosciutto: (Italian) Italian spiced ham. Etymology: from Italian, alteration (probably by infl. of prosciugato "dried") of presciutto, from pre-, intensive prefix + -sciutto, from Latin exsuctus "lacking juice, dried up," pp. of exsugere "suck out, draw out moisture," from ex- "out" + sugere "to suck"[1]
- pftjschute → pršut: → prosciutto could be an etymological allusion to femina ("woman, female," lit. "she who suckles," from base of felare "to suck, suckle")[2] and thus imply the sexual matter of the fall of Finnegan
- prosecute: The trial of Giordano Bruno, or the judgment of the sins that lead to the fall of various characters
- chute: (English) a vertical or inclined path, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity
- chute: (French) fall
- chut (French), pst (German): shush!, hist!
- parachute → it fails to open
- pfui: (German) an expression of contempt or disgust
- pfft (pronounced [pf(t)]), a French interjection signifying indifference or scorn (Robert)
