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Old 05-03-2012, 10:15 AM
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Deciphering James Joyce-What Does This Mean?
We all know that Joyce went out of his way to make obscure puns and sayings.
anyway, I came a cross this sentence once, and never remember hearing a good explanation of it:
"Jenghis is ghoon for you"
Any takers?
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