Difference between revisions of "Boomeringstroms"
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* '''Strom:''' (''German'') stream | * '''Strom:''' (''German'') stream | ||
| + | * '''Bummerin''', the bell of Vienna's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral] | ||
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| + | * note that Austrians don't like to be confused with Austrialians, and Joyce manages to put two allusions to both countries into two neighbooring words | ||
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* '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | * '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | ||
* '''booming storms''' ? | * '''booming storms''' ? | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 29 October 2008
- boomerang: a wooden weapon or instrument most closely identified with Australian Aborigines
- Strom: (German) stream
- Bummerin, the bell of Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral
- note that Austrians don't like to be confused with Austrialians, and Joyce manages to put two allusions to both countries into two neighbooring words
- maelstroms: whirlpools
- booming storms ?
