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That's what God said when he kicked out Adam and Eve. No joke.
>>7683542
I watched a video about this phrase. Apparently it's an amalgamation of the word "thunder" in multiple languages.
>>7683810
>Also a reference to the fall of the tower of babel
Which also exemplifies the "confusion of tongues" Finnegans Wake is written as.
>>7683821
And, fitting with the non-linear plot, and the them of the rise and fall of man, happens right before a section where HCE is building up Dublin
(As far as I remember)
brilliant thread