Tauftauf

• G taufen: to baptise
  • St Patrick was a disciple of St Germanus, hence the use of German words
  • baptism → John the Baptist → Giovanni Battista → Giambattista Vico
  • baptism → Jordan → Giordano Bruno

• mishe mishe to tauftauf: "me me to thou thou"

• Gr tau, tau: T, T → Tris-tram/Tram-tris, Tris-tan/Tan-tris

• ECHoes:
  • "a tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" (FW 065.31)
  • "stuffstuff in the languish of flowers and feeling to find she was mushymushy, and wasn't that very both of them, the sauciscissters ... (peep!) ... (peepette!)" (FW 096.11 ff.)
  • "My name is Misha Misha but call me Toffey Tough" (FW 249.29)
  • "Miss Mishy Mushy is tiptupt by Toft Taft" (FW 277.10-11)
  • "Stuff, Taaffe, stuff!" (FW 320.23)
  • ""messy messy to look after our douche douche"" (FW 605.02)