Difference between revisions of "Girlic teangue"
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* '''teanga:''' (''Irish'') (1) tongue (2) language | * '''teanga:''' (''Irish'') (1) tongue (2) language | ||
| − | * '''tang:''' ''teanga'' is pronounced ''tang-a'', so ''teanga'' + ''tongue'' suggests that ''teangue'' should be pronounced ''tang'' → cf. ''Ulysses'' | + | * '''tang:''' ''teanga'' is pronounced ''tang-a'', so ''teanga'' + ''tongue'' suggests that ''teangue'' should be pronounced ''tang'' → cf. ''Ulysses'' 053.03-04: "Most of all he [Bloom] liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine." |
Latest revision as of 09:05, 23 April 2011
- girlish → Issy is responsible for the footnotes in this chapter
- garlic tongue → has Issy been eating garlic as well as raw meat?
- Gaelic tongue → ráiméis is Gaelic
- teanga: (Irish) (1) tongue (2) language
- tang: teanga is pronounced tang-a, so teanga + tongue suggests that teangue should be pronounced tang → cf. Ulysses 053.03-04: "Most of all he [Bloom] liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine."
