Monday, 24 February 2014

Read as far as "... but phoe-nished a borgiess;" (130.12)

Some favorites of the day:

... eatupus complex... (128.36)
... entoutcas for a man, but bit a thimble for a maid; (129.6)
... was hatched at Cellbridge but ejoculated abroad; (129.9)
... spa mad but inn sane: (129.15)
... a most alleghant spot to dump your hump; (129.17)
... between youlasses and yeladst glimse of Eden; (130.3)

An attempt at summarizing:
The riddle bringing up various traits of HCE  continues. Apparently. He (HCE?) was hatched (conceived?) at Cellbriidge, a place on the Liffey, and was ejoculated abrood (educated abroad?) He obviously eats with doors open and ruts with gates closed, some call him Rotschield (Rothschild?) and others Rockyfellow (Rockefeller?); enjoys the operetta Girofle, Girofla after playing cricket (stool-ball)... 

Monday, 17 February 2014

We stopped at: pillulus of hirculeads (128.36), where the riddle, bringing up various traits of HCE, is continued.


Some favourite picks (and features of the characters we are looking for):

fuit, isst and herit and though he's mildewstaned he's mouldystoned (128.1)

(Reminiscent of: was/is/will be (in Latin); also of was/eats/inherits; "mildewstaned": old)

shot two queans and shook three caskles when he won his game of dwarfs (128.17)

(Think of chess game. Also: "quean" is 'prostitute')

fumes inwards like a strobolist till he smokes at both ends (128.18)

makes a delictuous entrée and finishes off the course between sweets and savouries (128.29)

flouts for forecasts, flairs for finds and the fun of the fray on the fairground (128.30)

(The rhythm rings of Ringa Ringa Roses.)

forbids us our trespassers as we forgate him (128.34)

piles big pelium on little ossas like the pillulus of hirculeads pilluls of (128.35)

Monday, 10 February 2014

Read till "... he likes like Hunkett Plunkett;" (127.19)

This means that we completed chapter 5, an occasion which encourages us to take this blog to the  next logical step. The idea we would like to try out - being fully aware of the fact that it is going to be a daunting task and might just show how little we understand - is to compile here summaries or lists of the salient features of the pages we read starting today. This way we shall be able to - hopefully - keep track of what we do an hour and half long each Monday. We are depending on your support in building up these summaries/lists. You can show your support - naturally totally voluntarily - by adding your views to what we post here. The way to do that is to click on "No comments / comments" menu below the post. This opens a new window in which you can write. We shall of course continue listing our favorites of the day!

Favorites of the day:
Who do you no tonigh, lazy and gentleman? (126.2)
... went nudiboots with trotters into a liffeyette when she was barely in her tricklies;... (126.12)
...he weighed a new ton when there felled his first lap apple;... (126.16)
... betwixt yesterdicks and twomaries;... (126.17)
... is too funny for a fish and has too much outside for an insect;... (126.24)
... an eddistoon amid the lampless,... (127.5)

An attempt at first summary:
In the earlier sections, there was a talk about a document after HCE had appeared in the court. This led to the description of a letter that was unearthed by a hen (Dame Partlet) scratching a dungheap. The idea of the document and the letter was expanded to include language in general and writing in particular. Perhaps as the epitome of writing, the Book of Kells, made an appearance on many pages. Chapter 5 ends with mentioning Shem the Penman, which could be interpreted as his being the author of the letter.

Chapter 6 starts asking, "How do you do tonight, ladies and gentleman?". Then the talk is about Shaun who obviously was taking an examination, and had to answer twelve questions. Obviously he could not answer one of them as he scored only 110 points (one handrick and thin / 126.5). The first question starts on page 126 and continues on following pages. What is most important in this question is the starting phrase, "What secondtonone myther rector and maximost bridgesmaker...". If we add this 'phrase' to every part that follows a semicolon, the paragraph starts making sense. Kind of! For example: What secondtonone myther rector and maximost bridgesmaker went nudiboots with trouters into a liffeyette when she was barely in her tricklies; and What secondtonone myther rector and maximost bridgesmaker was well known to claud....hooth; What secondtonone myther rector and maximost bridges maker...

But we still have to discover what exactly the main question is!

Monday, 3 February 2014

Read as far as "... Tulko MacHooley." (125.4), but will continue next week from "Small need after that, ..."(124.35)

Favorites of the day:

... Tung - Toyd...(123.20)

... bestteller ... (123.23)

... warmly attached to Thee, and smearbread and better and Him and newlaidills, ... (124.13)

... Dame Partlet on her dungheap ... (124.23)

... years most fainfully. (124.31)

And fox and geese still kept the peace around L'Auberge du Pere Adam. (124.33)

p.s. Fellow readers are welcome to summarize the salient points from the two pages we read today! Summary can be added as a comment below.