Difference between revisions of "Fear of um. T. Totities!"

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* '''um:''' (''interjection'') a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech"
 
* '''um:''' (''interjection'') a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech"
  
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* '''Humpty Dumpty:''' eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → [[Humpty Dumpty]]
 
* '''Humpty Dumpty:''' eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → [[Humpty Dumpty]]

Revision as of 08:08, 30 October 2010

  • the four of them → Joyce begins to list the four things that have been predicted to occur by the four historians
  • vier: (German) four
  • fear: (Irish) man
  • um: (dialect) them (’em)
  • um: (interjection) a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW HCE's guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech"
  • teetotal
  • Humpty Dumpty: eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → Humpty Dumpty
  • teetotum: a foursided disk with a letter on each side, spun in a game of chance to see which side finishes uppermost (originally spelt T totum)
  • toties: (Latin) so often