Difference between revisions of "Boomeringstroms"
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* '''boom:''' (''Dutch'') tree = '''strom''' (Czech) | * '''boom:''' (''Dutch'') tree = '''strom''' (Czech) | ||
| − | + | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pummerin Bummerin]''', the bell of Vienna's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral], which was cast in 1705 from cannons captured in the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna. | |
* '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | * '''maelstroms:''' whirlpools | ||
* '''booming storms:''' → cf Rose's emendation of '''Assiegates''' to '''Assiegales''' | * '''booming storms:''' → cf Rose's emendation of '''Assiegates''' to '''Assiegales''' | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 19 March 2015
- boomerang: a wooden weapon or instrument most closely identified with Australian Aborigines
- 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
- Strom: (German) stream
- boom: (Dutch) tree = strom (Czech)
- Bummerin, the bell of Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, which was cast in 1705 from cannons captured in the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna.
- maelstroms: whirlpools
- booming storms: → cf Rose's emendation of Assiegates to Assiegales
