Difference between revisions of "Tumptytumtoes"
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| − | * tum | + | * Joyce's conception of Finn Mac Cool as a mythological sleeping giant, interred in the Dublin landscapr, with his head beneath [[Howth]] (''Da'' hoved: head) and his feet sticking up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park Phoenix Park] |
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| + | * tum-ti-tum: a reiterated strumming, as of a stringed instrument | ||
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| + | * t-t-t-toes: stuttering → [[HCE]] is a stutterer, like Parnell, his "hesitancy of speech" betraying his guilt | ||
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| + | * tum, tummy: stomach | ||
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| + | * tumulus: a burial mound; a tomb | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 14 June 2006
- Joyce's conception of Finn Mac Cool as a mythological sleeping giant, interred in the Dublin landscapr, with his head beneath Howth (Da hoved: head) and his feet sticking up in Phoenix Park
- tum-ti-tum: a reiterated strumming, as of a stringed instrument
- t-t-t-toes: stuttering → HCE is a stutterer, like Parnell, his "hesitancy of speech" betraying his guilt
- tum, tummy: stomach
- tumulus: a burial mound; a tomb
