Difference between revisions of "Killykillkilly"

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*'''kill:''' (Dutch) creek, stream, river
 
*'''kill:''' (Dutch) creek, stream, river
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* '''Killykillkilly:''' resembles a phoneme(?) from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Hausmann Raoul Hausmann's] sound poem [http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/hausmann_raoul/Hausmann-Raoul_bbb-2.mp3 BBB]

Revision as of 15:24, 27 April 2010

  • kilij (from Turkish kılıç, literally "a sword"): a Turkish saber with a crescent-shaped blade, sharp on the entire convex edge and sharp on the opposite edge for about 8 in. (20 cm) back from the point.
  • kill: (Anglo-Irish) a church
  • cill: (Irish) a church; monastic cell
  • Kill! Kill! Kill!
  • KKK: the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist society prominent in the southern states of the USA → interracial conflict between blacks and whites → Whoyteboyce and Hoodie Head
  • Drom Cuill-Choille: (Irish) Hazelwood Ridge → according to antiquarian Walter Harris, this was an early name for Dublin
  • kill: (Dutch) creek, stream, river