Difference between revisions of "Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk"
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It depicts the word for "thunder" in various languages. | It depicts the word for "thunder" in various languages. | ||
| − | * | + | * [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=goto&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L&submit=Go+to+page&page=283 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
| − | * [http:// | + | * '''Donnerwort:''' (''German'') terrifying word (literally: "thunder-word") → J. S. Bach, Cantata No. 20: ''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'' ("O Eternity, thou word of fear" - words by Johann Rist)[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV20.htm] |
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| + | * '''konn''' + '''bronn''' → [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cambronne Pierre Cambronne], French General who fought at the Battle of Waterloo. His name was used as a polite euphemism after his ''le mot de Cambronne'' ("the word of Cambronne"), "Merde!" ("Shit!"), which (according to some sources) was his reply to the call to surrender after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo Battle of Waterloo]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:55, 30 September 2009
The segmentation of this monstrum probably is:
bababad algharaghta kamminar ronn konn bronn tonerron tuonn thunn trovarrhoun awnskawn toohoohoordenen thurnuk
It depicts the word for "thunder" in various languages.
- Donnerwort: (German) terrifying word (literally: "thunder-word") → J. S. Bach, Cantata No. 20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort ("O Eternity, thou word of fear" - words by Johann Rist)[1]
- konn + bronn → Pierre Cambronne, French General who fought at the Battle of Waterloo. His name was used as a polite euphemism after his le mot de Cambronne ("the word of Cambronne"), "Merde!" ("Shit!"), which (according to some sources) was his reply to the call to surrender after the Battle of Waterloo.
