Difference between revisions of "Paff"
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| − | * | + | * '''paffen:''' (''German'') to smoke; to puff on (a pipe, for example) |
| − | * piff-poof, poff, piffle, and | + | * '''Paff''' → a variation on the onomatopoeic [[Tip]] which recurs throughout the book, meaning variously in different contexts a request for a cash tip as a reward for a tour through the museum ([[Kathe]]), an auctorial injunction that we remember the omnipresence of the protagonist [[HCE]] (tip → ''Latin'' ipse, "himself"), the tap of a branch against the window, the rubbish tip or kitchen midden in the backyard of [[HCE|HCE's]] tavern, etc. |
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| + | * '''tauf''' → an iteration of the [[tauftauf]] interjection which recurs throughout the book → from ''German'' '''taufen''', to baptise | ||
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| + | * '''piffle:''' piff-poof, poff, piffle, and similar colloquial expressions are used in a derogatory sense to express contempt for nonsense | ||
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[[Category: Tauftauf]] | [[Category: Tauftauf]] | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 27 September 2006
- paffen: (German) to smoke; to puff on (a pipe, for example)
- Paff → a variation on the onomatopoeic Tip which recurs throughout the book, meaning variously in different contexts a request for a cash tip as a reward for a tour through the museum (Kathe), an auctorial injunction that we remember the omnipresence of the protagonist HCE (tip → Latin ipse, "himself"), the tap of a branch against the window, the rubbish tip or kitchen midden in the backyard of HCE's tavern, etc.
- tauf → an iteration of the tauftauf interjection which recurs throughout the book → from German taufen, to baptise
- piffle: piff-poof, poff, piffle, and similar colloquial expressions are used in a derogatory sense to express contempt for nonsense
