Difference between revisions of "Nondum"

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Latin: not yet (echoes 'not yet' in previous sentence)
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* '''non dum:''' (''Latin'') not yet → [[Page_3|FW 003.04-14]] and [[Cry not yet]] in the previous sentence
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* '''non dum:''' (''Latin'') not now → '''not now''' in line 5 above
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* '''London'''
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[[Category:Latin phrases]]
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==Commentary==
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''There's many a mile to Nondum'' could be interpreted as meaning, "''Finnegans Wake'' has only just begun and we still have a long way to go before we find ourselves back at [[Page_3|the beginning]]. The opening page of FW repeats the phrase ''not yet'' (or some variant thereof) seven times.

Latest revision as of 07:53, 12 July 2007

  • non dum: (Latin) not now → not now in line 5 above
  • London


Commentary

There's many a mile to Nondum could be interpreted as meaning, "Finnegans Wake has only just begun and we still have a long way to go before we find ourselves back at the beginning. The opening page of FW repeats the phrase not yet (or some variant thereof) seven times.