Difference between revisions of "Fear of um. T. Totities!"
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* '''um:''' (''interjection'') a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech" | * '''um:''' (''interjection'') a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW [[HCE|HCE's]] guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech" | ||
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* '''Humpty Dumpty:''' eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → [[Humpty Dumpty]] | * '''Humpty Dumpty:''' eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → [[Humpty Dumpty]] | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 8 July 2009
- the four of them → Joyce begins to list the four things that have been predicted to occur by the four historians
- vier: (German) four
- fear: (Irish) man
- um: (dialect) them (’em)
- um: (interjection) a sound used by speakers when momentarily hesitating → in FW HCE's guilt is often betrayed by his stammer, or "hesitancy of speech"
- teetotal*
- Humpty Dumpty: eponymous character in the popular Mother Goose nursery rhyme → Humpty Dumpty
- teetotum: a foursided disk with a letter on each side, spun in a game of chance to see which side finishes uppermost (originally spelt T totum)
- toties: (Latin) so often
