Finnegans Wake Grappa discussion

"O'Mara, an exprivate secretary of no fixed abode (locally known as Mildew Lisa)"

A section of Sorrentino's Mulligan Stew, titled "'O'Mara'" (p66), is included in In The Wake Of The Wake with the title "O'Mara of no fixed abode". That's why this line stuck in my head like an Ear Worm(er).

This may have been exagimined previously. I've been reading FW darn near 42 years. I have never had a clearobscure idea of what (Tip) might signify. Page references would be redundant. It is at least as frequent as the word "blong". One theory I heard was a tree-branch swinging in the wind, tapping (tipping) the window of the somebody or other who is or may be sleeping.

John wrote: "This may have been exagimined previously. I've been reading FW darn near 42 years. I have never had a clearobscure idea of what (Tip) might signify. Page references would be redundant. It is at lea..."

I certainly couldn't say either! But in the Museyroom I thought it a tip o' the hat, in deference on the part of the guide to his visitors.

I think Campbell says it is the tree outside the window.