Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/021

Annotations
'Zut ! Nom de Dieu !'   (French) ''Go to hell! Goddamn! Zut'' is a coarse exclamation signifying refusal or (as here) dismissal. Nom de Dieu (literally, name of God) is a blasphemous oath signifying shock or indignation.