Thursday, February 18, 2016

[Word repetitions in Finnegans Wake]

Joyce uses repetitions in almost every sentence, but they're usually slightly changed so they're very hard to inventory.

Using a very primitive regexp «\b([ \w]+)[,.?!]\s+\1\b» I find these (so I'm sure I missed plenty): (And many of these were just eyeballed in passing, not matched)

[bracketed numbers are either paragraph numbers in chapter one, or pagenums for the rest]

mishe mishe to tauftauf
[1.2]
Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax! Ualu Ualu Ualu!
[1.4]
Heed! Heed!
[1.7]
Macool, Macool,
[1.8]
(O carina! O carina!)
[1.9]
bom, tarabom, tarabom,
[1.10]
Assaye, assaye!
Yaw, yaw, yaw!
Shee, shee, shee!
Ayi, ayi, ayi!
Hee, hee, hee!
Brum! Brum! Cumbrum!
Hit, hit, hit!
Hney, hney, hney!
[1.11]
pussypussy plunderpussy
With Kiss. Kiss Criss. Cross Criss. Kiss Cross. Undo lives 'end. Slain.
[1.13]
Hou! Hou!
[1.14]
Ay, ay!
Adear, adear!
[1.19]
(Year! Year! And laughtears!)
[1.27]
Fleppety! Flippety! Fleapow!
[1.28]
Louee, louee!
[1.46]
Wisha, wisha, whydidtha?
[1.64]
Lissom! lissom!
[1.67]
she rain, rain, rain.
to Woeman's Land she rain, rain, rain.
she started raining, raining,
[1.68]
Hep, hep, hurrah
[1.72]
News, news, all the news.
[1.75]
Hay, hay, hay! Hoq, hoq, hoq!
(pfuit! pfuit!)
(pfiat! pfiat!)
[34]
keep black, keep black!
[36]
(Edzo, Edzo on)
[39]
alcoh alcoho alcoherently
(seinn fion, seinn fion's araun.)
[42]
the rann, the rann, the rann, the king of all ranns.
[44]
Ardite, arditi!
[44]
zimzim, zimzim.
[50]
Chee chee cheers
[54]
to, to be, to be his mausoleum
[56]
wee, wee.
[57]
Lou! Lou!
Chin, chin! Chin, chin!
Oho, oho,
But, lo! lo!
[58]
(oonagh! oonagh!)
[64]
And roll away the reel world, the reel world, the reel world!
Fammfamm! Fammfamm!
[64]
Ack, ack, ack.
[66]
Oh! Oh!
Now not, not now!
Zay, zay, zay!
(ah! ah!)
[69]
(purse, purse, pursyfurse,
[73]
(some Finn, some Finn avant!)
[74]
Fooi, fooi,
Zeepyzoepy,
Zijnzijn Zijnzijn!
(Twillby! Twillby!)
[76]
to ramp, ramp, ramp,
[79]
Oyeh! Oyeh!
[86]
that he might, that he might never, that he might never that night?
[90]
(Ha! Ha!)
[92]
Skam! Schams! Shames!
[93]
finfin funfun,
Now tell me, tell me, tell me then!
[94]
Harik! Harik! Harik!
his stuffstuff
was she mushymushy
trickle trickle trickle triss
OOOOOOOO Ourang's time.
[96]
tittery taw tatterytail, hasitense humponadimply, heyheyheyhey a winceywencky.
[97]
blem, blem, stun blem.
The latter! The latter!
[100]
Wimwim wimwim!
da! da!,
Szpaszpas Szpissmas,
ninenineninetee,
so dyedyedaintee,
[102]
Attabom, attabom, attabombomboom!
Attabom, attabom, attabombomboom!
[103]
(yes, yes, less!)
[108]
dindin!
[110]
dizzledazzle
[113]
and turning, turning and end to end
[114]
the cat, the cat's meeter, the meeter's cat's wife, the meeter's cat's wife's half better, the meeter's cat's wife's half better's meeter
(sinsin! sinsin!)
(gingin! gingin!)
[116]
quiqui quinet
michemiche chelet
brulobrulo!
Haha!
Hoho!
Huhu!
[117]
wrote it, wrote it all, wrote it all down,
[118]
(why, O why, O why?)
[123]
etcetera, etcetera
Roderick, Roderick, Roderick,
Domhnall, Domhnall;
grew girther, girther and girther;
cumbrum, cumbrum,
Dutchlord, Dutchlord,
 old, old,
 scorbutic, scorbutic;
[139]
Misi, misi!
So, so, my precious!
Liss, liss!
[148]
My, my, my! Me and me!
[153]
greepsing, greepsing,
Ah dew! Ah dew!
O! O! O!
[158]
Nuée! Nuée!
Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
[159]
Ja! Ja! Ja!
And Hi Hi High
Hoa Hoa Hoally
[163]
O Margareena! O Margareena!
[165]
one of the littliest said me, me,
[170]
jo, jo, her why hide that, jo jo jo
[171]
Hirp! Hirp!
[175]
scruff, scruffer, scruffer­umurraimost
[178]
Niggs, niggs and niggs again.
[184]
Hail! Hail!
[189]
Yes? Yes? Yes?
[193]
— Quoiquoiquoiquoiquoiquoiquoiq!
[195]
Tell me. Tell me.
Lordy, lordy,
[200]
Odet! Odet!
Yes, yes!
[201]
Onon! Onon!
Tell me, tell me,
(as he warned her niver to, niver to, nevar)
[204]
Garonne, garonne!
[205]

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