Difference between revisions of "Kankan keening"
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* '''can-can:''' a French dance, usually performed on stage by the women of the chorus and once regarded as obscene | * '''can-can:''' a French dance, usually performed on stage by the women of the chorus and once regarded as obscene | ||
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| + | * '''cancan:''' (''french'') gossip | ||
* '''k-k-keening''' → stutter, a sign of [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt | * '''k-k-keening''' → stutter, a sign of [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt | ||
* '''can:''' a tin can | * '''can:''' a tin can | ||
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| + | * '''can:''' a drinking cup; tankard | ||
* '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | * '''keening:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning | ||
| − | * '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening | + | * '''ag caoineadh:''' (''Irish'') crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can. |
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| + | * '''Cancun''' in Mexico, the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:44, 6 February 2014
- can-can: a French dance, usually performed on stage by the women of the chorus and once regarded as obscene
- cancan: (french) gossip
- k-k-keening → stutter, a sign of HCE's guilt
- can: a tin can
- can: a drinking cup; tankard
- keening: (Anglo-Irish) crying, wailing, lamenting, mourning
- ag caoineadh: (Irish) crying; keening; over a corpse → preformed by old women -payed mourners- dressed in black → directly opposed to the previous image of the can-can.
- Cancun in Mexico, the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez.
