Saturday, September 25, 2010

Q18: More Joyce

Oh what the hey.  Let's add to the opening of Portrait and have even more fun.

"Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens boy named baby tuckoo ....

His father told him that story: his father looked at him through a glass: he had a hairy face.

He was baby tuckoo.  The moocow came down the road where Betty Byrne lived: she sold lemon platt.

    O the wild rose blossoms,
    On the little green place.
    He sang that song.  That was his song.
    O the green wothe botheth."

Play with it.  See what you can come up with.  Yes, it's a challenge.  :)

**NB: The Irish use language as a means of subverting power.  Recognize this and you'll find this quote easier to untangle. **

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