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| − | *''' | + | * '''Jesperson, ''Language'' 20.4:''' “Panamanians, when addressed, used to reply ‘No spiggoty (speak) Inglis’” |
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| − | *''' | + | * '''spigot:''' a vent-peg on a beer barrel |
| − | + | * '''Pigott:''' Richard Piggott, Irish journalist who forged letters linking Parnell to the Phoenix park Assassinations of 1882 → in FW Piggott represents the combined Shem-Shaun character ([[Image:Shem-Shaun.PNG]]) | |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160322 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | *'''Spiggoty:''' (''US slang'') a derogatory American slang for a person from a Spanish-speaking country in South or Central America or a Spanish-speaking community in the USA. Spanish-American, a foreign language | ||
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| + | * '''Anglais:''' (''French'') English | ||
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| + | * '''do you speak English?''' | ||
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| + | [[Category:French phrases]] | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 1 March 2007
- Jesperson, Language 20.4: “Panamanians, when addressed, used to reply ‘No spiggoty (speak) Inglis’”
- spigot: a vent-peg on a beer barrel
- Pigott: Richard Piggott, Irish journalist who forged letters linking Parnell to the Phoenix park Assassinations of 1882 → in FW Piggott represents the combined Shem-Shaun character (File:Shem-Shaun.PNG)
- Spiggoty: (US slang) a derogatory American slang for a person from a Spanish-speaking country in South or Central America or a Spanish-speaking community in the USA. Spanish-American, a foreign language
- Anglais: (French) English
- do you speak English?
