Difference between revisions of "Welsh and the Paddy Patkinses"
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| − | * '''Welshmen, Irishmen and Englishmen''' → representing the [[Shem]], [[Shaun]] and Shem/Shaun trio that recur throughout FW | + | * '''Welshmen, Irishmen and Englishmen''' → representing the [[Shem]] ([[Image:Shem.png]]), [[Shaun]] ([[Image:Shaun.png]]) and Shem/Shaun ([[Image:Shem-Shaun.PNG]]) trio that recur throughout FW |
* '''Welsh:''' Welshmen | * '''Welsh:''' Welshmen | ||
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Atkins Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Atkins Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * '''George Bernard Shaw, ''Heartbreak House'' Act I:''' "I'm little Paddy Patkins." | + | * '''George Bernard Shaw, ''Heartbreak House'', Act I:''' "I'm little Paddy Patkins." |
* '''Patrick Brunty:''' father of the Brontë sisters | * '''Patrick Brunty:''' father of the Brontë sisters | ||
| − | * '''Patrick Branwell Brontë:''' brother | + | * '''Patrick Branwell Brontë:''' brother of the Brontë sisters |
Latest revision as of 03:44, 17 December 2006
- Welshmen, Irishmen and Englishmen → representing the Shem (File:Shem.png), Shaun (File:Shaun.png) and Shem/Shaun (File:Shem-Shaun.PNG) trio that recur throughout FW
- Welsh: Welshmen
- Paddy: a slang term for an Irishman. It is a diminutive of the Irish forename Pádraig, the equivalent of the English "Patrick", and although it is also in use as an ordinary forename its use as slang is now considered offensive or contemptuous by many people
- Tommy Atkins: a slang term for a British soldier
- George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House, Act I: "I'm little Paddy Patkins."
- Patrick Brunty: father of the Brontë sisters
- Patrick Branwell Brontë: brother of the Brontë sisters
