Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Aeolus/124
Annotations
[edit | edit source]Pardon, monsieur (French) Excuse me, sir. Lenehan is noted for his frequent use of French. Joyce's principal model for Lenehan was Michael Hart, a friend's of Joyce's father who died around 1900; Hart too had a habit of speaking French.[1] See 657.20, where Bloom recalls the death of Hart.
anno Domini (Latin) in the year of our Lord.[2] Lenehan is using the phrase Anno Domini in a Pickwickian sense, meaning years.