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Lewis Carroll and James Parnell stuttered.
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* '''stutter:''' stammer; a speech impediment characterized by “hesitancy of speech” → in FW [[HCE|HCE’s]] stutter is a sign of his guilt → Lewis Carroll and Charles Stewart Parnell stuttered → Moses was "slow of speech, and of a slow tongue" (Exodus 4:10)
  
'The Stuttering Hand' sounds here like the name of a public house. Alcohol can cause shaking or physical stuttering. Alcohol is responsible for Finnegan's fall and resurrection.
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* '''The Stuttering Hand''' → this sounds like the name of a public house → [[HCE]] is the landlord of a public house → alcohol can lead to the DTs  (''delirium tremens'', "the Irish Jig"), one symptom of which is uncontrollable shaking – or physical stuttering → in the ballad [[Finnegan's Wake]], alcohol is responsible for Tim Finnegan's fall and subsequent resurrection
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* '''Stotter:''' (''German'') stammer
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[[Category: stuttering]]
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[[Category: Alcohol]]

Latest revision as of 19:26, 21 April 2020

  • stutter: stammer; a speech impediment characterized by “hesitancy of speech” → in FW HCE’s stutter is a sign of his guilt → Lewis Carroll and Charles Stewart Parnell stuttered → Moses was "slow of speech, and of a slow tongue" (Exodus 4:10)
  • The Stuttering Hand → this sounds like the name of a public house → HCE is the landlord of a public house → alcohol can lead to the DTs (delirium tremens, "the Irish Jig"), one symptom of which is uncontrollable shaking – or physical stuttering → in the ballad Finnegan's Wake, alcohol is responsible for Tim Finnegan's fall and subsequent resurrection
  • Stotter: (German) stammer