Difference between revisions of "Wallstrait"

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The Wall Street Crash or Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929, the day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed, leading eventually to the Great Depression. The crash followed a speculative boom which had taken hold in the late 1920s, which had led millions of Americans to invest heavily in the stock market.
Wallstrait: well-straight: looks like a calque of a romance language. Cf. Greek orthodox
Wallstrait: plumb, i.e., "straight (down) as a well (shaft)". Cf. Eve and adams'. Possibly a fall down a well-straight, i.e., without any sort of swerve, implies that Finnigan (who is falling) has no free will, according to Epicurean doctrine.

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 * The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash Wall Street Crash] or Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929, the day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed, leading eventually to the Great Depression. The crash followed a speculative boom which had taken hold in the late 1920s, which had led millions of Americans to invest heavily in the stock market.
 *Wallstrait:  well-straight: looks like a calque of a romance language.  Cf. Greek orthodox
-*Wallstrait:  plumb, i.e., "straight (down) as a well (shaft)".  Cf. [[Eveandadams]].  Possibly a fall down a well-straight, i.e., without any sort of swerve, implies that Finnigan (who is falling) has no free will, according to Epicurean doctrine.
+*Wallstrait:  plumb, i.e., "straight (down) as a well (shaft)".  Cf. [[Eve and adams']].  Possibly a fall down a well-straight, i.e., without any sort of swerve, implies that Finnigan (who is falling) has no free will, according to Epicurean doctrine.