Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/021

Annotations

Zut ! Nom de Dieu ! (French) Go to hell! Goddamn!^[1] Zut is a coarse exclamation signifying refusal or (as here) dismissal.^[2] Nom de Dieu (literally, name of God) is a blasphemous oath signifying shock or indignation.

References

↑ Gifford (1988) 26.
↑ Alfred Delvau, Dictionnaire de la Langue Verte.

Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
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[1] Gifford (1988) 26.

[2] Alfred Delvau, Dictionnaire de la Langue Verte.

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