Timeline for What does the last sentence of this paragraph mean in Stephen Kings' IT?
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| Nov 14, 2023 at 6:49 | history | edited | fez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2023 at 16:16 | answer | added | Todd Wilcox | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 13, 2023 at 15:58 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | I would like to suggest to you that if you have more questions about the meaning of words and phrases and sentences that you may get the best answers by asking at the English Language & Usage stack instead of here. Questions like this are on topic here, but there's more expertise on language and usage over there. | |
| Nov 13, 2023 at 14:52 | comment | added | Andres F. | @frеdsbend if you think you have an answer, please post it as such. Comments are not meant for answers (or debate) :) | |
| Nov 13, 2023 at 14:24 | comment | added | user15742 | The English hated the Irish. Not many others really had an opinion. All the immigrants to America in the 19th century caused some issues for a while, of which, many were Irish. | |
| Nov 13, 2023 at 10:35 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 12, 2023 at 23:25 | answer | added | user169166 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 21:18 | comment | added | lessthanideal | Worth perhaps noting that the character (Mike) writing this is himself the Black librarian. Also, since he is "drunk tonight. Fuck-drunk", maybe it isn't meant to make complete sense... I think he is getting drunk since he can't fully confront/think about the horrific truth sober, but I haven't gone back to my copy of It to get the context. Can't remember if it ever says if his mother was Black (I don't think so). | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 19:27 | answer | added | Andres F. | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 18:26 | comment | added | Stanley Webb | The line could indicate that the Irish were historically regarded as a lower class. | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 18:01 | comment | added | Valorum | The expression 'white n*ggers' (to refer to the Irish) as a common expression seems to date back to about the late 1830s. i.sstatic.net/8dJnS.png - google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Domestic_Economy/… | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 17:53 | comment | added | Valorum | He's suggesting that the Irish are perennially drunk, hence largely immune to the Devil's charms | |
| Nov 12, 2023 at 17:21 | history | asked | Ethan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
