Difference between revisions of "Of most eyeful hoyth entowerly"
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| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0059&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | ||
| − | ' | + | * '''awful height entirely''' |
| − | ' | + | * '''eyeful:''' as much as the eye can take in; something worth looking at |
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| + | * '''highth:''' an archaic form of ''height'' → ''height'' is still pronounced ''highth'' in parts of Ireland and ''hoyt'' in parts of Dublin | ||
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| + | * '''Howth:''' [[Howth]] Head near Dublin | ||
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| + | * '''Hoyte:''' Lord Mayor of Dublin | ||
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| + | * '''Eiffel Tower''': FW was written in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world during most of its writing (until 1931) | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0348&isize=L A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Howth]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:erection]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:17, 27 June 2012
- of an eyeful hoyth entowerly → of most eyeful hoyth entowerly
- awful height entirely
- eyeful: as much as the eye can take in; something worth looking at
- highth: an archaic form of height → height is still pronounced highth in parts of Ireland and hoyt in parts of Dublin
- Howth: Howth Head near Dublin
- Hoyte: Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Eiffel Tower: FW was written in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world during most of its writing (until 1931)
