Stuttering

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  • stutter: stammer; a speech impediment characterized by “hesitancy of speech” → in FW HCE’s stutter is a sign of his guilt → Lewis Carroll and Charles Stewart Parnell stuttered → Moses was "slow of speech, and of a slow tongue" (Exodus 4:10)
  • The Stuttering Hand: sounds like the name of a public house → HCE is the landlord of a public house → alcohol can lead to the DTs, one symptom of which is uncontrollable shaking – or physical stuttering → in the ballad Finnegan's Wake, alcohol is responsible for Tim Finnegan's fall and subsequent resurrection
  • G Stotter: stammer