Finnegans Fisted

Once upon a time, James Joyce wrote a book called:

Finnegans Wake

That's not:

Finnegan's Wake

But some blogger's get the title wrong! Which means they don't understand the book at all. This blog has two missions. One, educate the ignorant. Two, correct all such mistakes world wide. And three, anything else.

29.7.05

Le Finnegan au Francais

This French blog casually poses the question,
27. Les divinateurs consultés par Saddam Husayn sont capables :
◊ d’expliquer comment Lance Armstrong a gagné 777 tours de France en buvant de l’eau plate
◊ d’expliquer où crèche le tigre helvète
◊ de réciter Finnegan’s Wake de James Joyce à l’envers et en hindi (Vincent d’ ?)

According to Google, that little teaser translates as,
27. The divinateurs consulted by Saddam Husayn are able:
◊ to explain how Lance Armstrong gained 777 turns of France by drinking plain water?
◊ to explain where crib the tiger helvète?
◊ to recite Finnegan's Wake of James Joyce to back and in hindi (Vincent of?)

It's quite possible this computerized translation lacks a little of the Gallic finesse of the original. Allow me to poeticize a la poing, pour le flavour Français:
27. Some crud about Saddam:
◊ some crap about cycling
◊ tigers explain card games in hell
◊ I do not understand the name of the book I'm smugly making reference to, please Fist out my foolish French eyes in vengance, my superior Brit neighbour from over the water
(The final choice is the correct answer, btw.)

(Vincent of?)

13 Comments:

At 7/29/2005 06:31:00 PM, Blogger sarah said...

i laugh..

does the left fist feel the same?

 
At 7/29/2005 07:15:00 PM, Blogger Fist said...

Mais, non!

 
At 7/30/2005 03:51:00 AM, Blogger {illyria} said...

superior brit neigbor. that would be a wad up frenchie's ass.

 
At 7/30/2005 11:59:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks for giving away the answer.

 
At 7/31/2005 07:35:00 PM, Blogger SafeTinspector said...

Les petit poing!

 
At 8/02/2005 09:38:00 PM, Blogger sarah said...

i would say something witty in french.. but i think that's a misnomer.

AH!

Je m'ennuie de vous.

 
At 8/06/2005 12:08:00 AM, Blogger Fist said...

Moi aussie, Sarah. Ah oui, STI.

Eep, trans.

Awrh, I'm sure you'd have gotten it right in a flash anyhoo Greeper.

 
At 8/07/2005 10:31:00 PM, Blogger Quentin S. Crisp said...

Exactly how far can you take this 'Finnegans Fisted' concept?

That's not a rhetorical question.

 
At 8/08/2005 03:12:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't speak much French so I'll just say: Jislaik, nou praat jy kak!

 
At 8/08/2005 06:43:00 AM, Blogger Fist said...

Uh, michelle?!

And I have no idea Quentin. Until this scourge upon humanity is lifted, perhaps.

 
At 7/26/2006 03:30:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best regards from NY!
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