Difference between revisions of "Teary turty Taubling"

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* '''Turteltaube:''' (''German'') turtledove → [[Issy]] → [[Page_5|FW 005.17:]] [[hurtleturtled]]
 
* '''Turteltaube:''' (''German'') turtledove → [[Issy]] → [[Page_5|FW 005.17:]] [[hurtleturtled]]
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* '''Täublein:''' (''German'') little dove → [[Issy]]
 
* '''Täublein:''' (''German'') little dove → [[Issy]]
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* '''tauftauf''' → an echo of [[tauftauf]] ([[Page_3|FW 003.10]]), from ''German'' '''taufen''': to baptise
 
* '''tauftauf''' → an echo of [[tauftauf]] ([[Page_3|FW 003.10]]), from ''German'' '''taufen''': to baptise
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*'''tauba:''' (German) dove - could be a turtle dove
  
 
[[Category: Tauftauf]]
 
[[Category: Tauftauf]]
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[[Category:excrement]]
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[[Category: Dublin]]
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[[Category:birds]]

Latest revision as of 07:46, 12 November 2023

  • teary: tearful, pathetic
  • thirty


  • Täublein: (German) little dove → Issy
  • taub: (German) deaf → in FW Swift is often described as being deaf-and-dumb → see tum in the previous line
  • tauftauf → an echo of tauftauf (FW 003.10), from German taufen: to baptise
  • tauba: (German) dove - could be a turtle dove