EPISODE · Aug 12, 2020 · 1H
O, My Dimber Wapping Dell
from Blooms & Barnacles · host Kelly Bryan
White thy fambles, Red thy gan!Wait, what?Find out what this phrase and much more means in this episode as we continue our discussion of "Proteus," the third episode in James Joyce's Ulysses. Topics covered in this show include: what Stephen means by "red Egyptians," background on the Romani and Irish Travellers, Stephen's class insecurity, Terry Pratchett's Mort, strolling morts more generally, the distinct language of Romani and the Travellers, The Our Father in Shelta, the secret language of thieves in 17th c. England, strolling morts, The Rogue's Delight, she-fiends, bawd pimps, whores, an example of too-polite annotations, Stephen's morose delectation, Thomas Aquinas' nicknames, and Stephen's realization that all words are his comrades.Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive. Please subscribe!On the Blog:Poetry in Ulysses: White Thy Fambles, Red Thy GanSocial Media:Facebook|TwitterSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:iTunes| Google Play Music| StitcherMedia Mentioned in This Episode:The Canting AcademyRothenburg's translation of the Rogue's DelightStuff You Should Know, How Gypsies WorkFurther Reading & Listening:Ahlstrom, D. (2017, Feb 9). Travellers as ‘genetically different’ from settled Irish as Spanish. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515Bakker, Peter. (2002). An early vocabulary of British Romani (1616): A linguistic analysis. Romani Studies. 12. 10.3828/rs.2002.4. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20111004125822/http://www.marston.co.uk/RSPP/LUPRSV012P02A00075.pdfBudgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press.Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.Johnson, S. (2011, Nov 14). Gypsy Paradise Lost. Vice. Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ppqp3z/gypsy-paradise-lost-0000047-v18n11Keefe, A. (2016, Aug 17). Life With the Irish Travellers Reveals a Bygone World. National Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2016/08/irish-travellers-uphold-the-traditions-of-a-bygone-world/O’Leary, P. (2017, Sep 13). We Travellers must take a stand against racism, for the sake of our children. The Guardian.Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/13/travellers-racism-hate-speech-discrimination-irishReidy, J. (2017, Aug 11). The harmful history of “Gypsy.” Bitch Media. Retrieved from https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/gypsy-slur-netlflixRussell, C. (2017, Feb 9). Study on ancestry of Irish Travellers details genetic connection to settled community. The Journal. Retrieved from https://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-community-study-rcsi-3231070-Feb2017/Van Huygen, M. (2016, Sep 20). Uncovering Thieves’ Cant, the Elizabethan Slang of the Underworld. Mental Floss. Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/article/86148/uncovering-thieves-cant-elizabethan-slang-underworld
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White thy fambles, Red thy gan! Wait, what? Find out what this phrase and much more means in this episode as we continue our discussion of "Proteus," the third episode in James Joyce's Ulysses. Topics covered in this show include: what Stephen means by "red Egyptians," background on the Romani and Irish Travellers, Stephen's class insecurity, Terry Pratchett's Mort, strolling morts more generally, the distinct language of Romani and the Travellers, The Our Father in Shelta, the secret language of thieves in 17th c. England, strolling morts, The Rogue's Delight, she-fiends, bawd pimps, whores, an example of too-polite annotations, Stephen's morose delectation, Thomas Aquinas' nicknames, and Stephen's realization that all words are his comrades.
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