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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 10:51 AM
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Reading Amazon reviews of Finnegans Wake is fun
and funny .

Lets do a DU thread were we analyze it one sentence at a time , how about that ?

Should be getting it in the mail shortly
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 11:34 AM
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1. "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus
of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."

http://www.trentu.ca/faculty/jjoyce/fw-3.htm

Sorry, I just don't think I have it in me.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 11:40 AM
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2. I did that for Ulysses once.
Until my head was stuck on Sextaloiten forever ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUS7HgyouSI

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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 01:11 PM
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3. I always liked this word:
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenuk!

I try to work it into casual conversation whenever possible. :-)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 02:15 PM
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4. It is usually overheard when someone is falling down a flight of stairs.
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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 02:31 PM
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5. Can't find it in my normally dependable webster
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