Difference between revisions of "Froriose"

Latest revision as of 11:44, 18 February 2007

roar → as in roaring wind → windy → Ventôse, the sixth month of the French Revolutionary Calendar (19 February - 20 March)

Floréal: the eighth month of the French Revolutionary Calendar (20 April - 20 May); the name means "flowery" → L/R split

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-"junipery or febrew- ery, marracks or alebrill or the ramping riots of pouriose and froriose."
+* '''fror:''' (''German'') froze
-After references to the months of January, February, March, and April, Joyce surprisingly interjects two months from the French Revolutionary calendar of 1793-1805.  The calendar is in four groups of three rhyming months -- e.g., Nivôse, Pluviôse, and Ventôse are the fourth, fifth, and sixth months, meaning snowy, rainy, and windy.
+* '''roar''' &rarr; as in roaring wind &rarr; windy &rarr; Ventôse, the sixth month of the French Revolutionary Calendar (19 February - 20 March)
-Three months end in "ose" (see example) and three others begin with "F"; the latter are Floréal, Frimaire, and Fructidor.  "Froriose" seems to be the word "roar" (as in roaring wind, windy, Ventôse) combined with Floréal (flowery).
+* '''Floréal:''' the eighth month of the French Revolutionary Calendar (20 April - 20 May); the name means "flowery" &rarr; [[L/R split]]