[HPforGrownups] Dedalus Diggle (was: Emmeline Vance)

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 171880

>
> Bart:
> Dedalus (noted philologist, albeit of American English, Prof. John Algeo,
> pronounces it "Deed'-a-lus", btw) represents a lot of things, but being a
> GOOD flyer? I guess in comparison to his son, Icarus. Dedalus was the great
> inventor of Greek Mythology. Diggle? Well, seeing that he is depicted as
> lacking in commonsense (according to Minnie the Cat, at least), Diggle might
> be "Giddy" spelled sideways, sort of. Someone who creates ingenious, but
> impractical things?


montims:
strange pronunciation - I have only ever known it as Dedd - alus...  He was
a good flyer though, not just in comparison to his son, because he flew a
long way on those wings he invented...


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