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7052353 No.7052353 [Reply] [Original]

>The babbelers with their thangas vain have been (confusium hold them!) they were and went; thigging thugs were and hou-hnhymn songtoms were and comely norgels were and pollyfool fiansees.

What did he mean by this?

>> No.7052375

>>7052353
https://books.google.se/books?id=D7zqlTXeC1wC&pg=RA1-PA35&lpg=RA1-PA35&dq=The+babbelers+with+their+thangas+vain+have+been+%28confusium+hold+them!%29+they+were+and+went;+thigging+thugs+were+and+hou-hnhymn+songtoms+were+and+comely+norgels+were+and+pollyfool+fiansees.&source=bl&ots=WH7HnAfthm&sig=ORT7L9Mjd3g_6t7FK-DRYb0Eaf4&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAGoVChMIy6q936bSxwIVRFosCh2jiwL0#v=onepage&q=The%20babbelers%20with%20their%20thangas%20vain%20have%20been%20%28confusium%20hold%20them!%29%20they%20were%20and%20went%3B%20thigging%20thugs%20were%20and%20hou-hnhymn%20songtoms%20were%20and%20comely%20norgels%20were%20and%20pollyfool%20fiansees.&f=false

>> No.7052405

>>7052353
he's saying you have a small dick

>> No.7052419

>>7052353
He meant that the babbelers with their thangas vain have been (confusium hold them!) they were and went; thigging thugs were and hou-hnhymn songtoms were and comely norgels were and pollyfool fiansees.

>> No.7052431
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7052431

http://www.finwake.com/1024chapter1/1024finn1.htm

Babel - the city and tower, of which the attempted construction is described in Genesis xi, where the confusion of languages is said to have taken place; a confused assemblage + FDV: The babbling babblers of with their tongues have been & have gone, they were & went, thigging thugs were and houhynam songtoms were & gumly comely norgers norgels were & pollyfool francees fiancees;

teanga (Irish) - tongue, language + tanga (Portuguese) - a type of very brief bikini, the thong or g-string; a former coin of Portuguese India, equal to the 10th part of a rupee.

Confucius - Chinese sage + Genesis 11.7: "let us go down and confuse their languages..."

thigging - begging + tuigeann tú (Irish) - you understand [the Irish-speaking Celtic settlers in Ireland] + thinking.

thug - gangster

Houyhnhnm - The name given by Swift in Gulliver's Travels to one of a race of beings described as horses endowed with reason and bearing rule over a degraded brutish race of men, called the Yahoos.

Sodom - an extremely wicked or corrupt place. Freq. coupled with Gomorrah, the name of the other of the two wicked cities of the plain in Gen. xviii-xix + hymn, song.

comely - having a pleasing appearence

norgeln (ger) - to grumble, complain + Norge (Norwegian) - Norway.

playful fiancees + Parlez-vous Français? (French) - do you speak French? + FDV: thigging thugs were and houhynam songtoms were & gumly comely norgers norgels were & pollyfool francees fiancees;

>> No.7052437

>>7052353
Who is he trying to impress?

>> No.7052442

>>7052353
Are you genuinely asking or are you just using that shitty meme?

>> No.7052454

>>7052437
I think he wanted to write something like the equivalent of what Homer is to Greece for Ireland.

"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race" - Portrait of the Artist

>> No.7053528

>>7052454
Too bad I have no national pride/ identity and none of Joyce's talent

>> No.7053536

>>7052437
I think he was just having fun. Maybe that's how all great art is made