Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/08477_Field_TCGG T242.txt

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     Gutenmorg with his cromagnon charter, tintingfats and
     great prime must once for omniboss stepp rubrickredd
     out of the wordpress’ (20.5). The ‘mutthering pot’ is an
     allusion to Alchemy, but there is some other significance
     connected with writing, for the next time the word
     appears it is again in a context concerning improvement
     in systems of communication. The passage is: ‘All the
     airish signics of her dipandump helpabit from an Father
     Hogam till the Mutther Masons, . . .’ (223.3) ‘Dipandump
     helpabit’ combine the deaf and dumb alphabet’s signs in
     the air—or airish signs—with the ups and downs of the
     ordinary ABC and the more pronounced ups and downs of
     Irish Ogham writing. The Mason, following this, must be
     the man of that name who invented steel pen nibs. But all
     I can suggest for ‘mutther’ is the muttering of
     Freemasons which does not fit the context, although