Talk:'Tis

Meaning of "'Tis"
Hi, what does 'Tis mean in this title? "It is"? --217.82.4.65 15:55, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's an archaic English expression. Compare "'Twas", meaning "It was".--Pharos 18:55, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think the significance was that at the end of Angela's Ashes, McCourt and another newcomer marvel at how much freedom and joy America holds compared to Ireland back then. Sorry, this is from memory and inexact. The man says something like, "Tis a wonderful country!" And McCourt simply answers: "'Tis." End of book. The experience of that postive "Tis" is the next book.

I'm surprised that this summary doesn't include the artistic climax, in which NYU teacher Charles Calitri gives the battered immigrant McCourt the confidence to write. It's really moving. McCourt doesn't include it, but Calitri himself became one of the best selling authors of the 1950s. Died in 1985. Kind of sad that he didn't live to know he had this grateful student or to see him win the Pulitzer Prize. Profhum (talk) 08:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Plot synopsis equals Spoiler
Doh! I forgot that it would include spoilers as I was reading the wiki! * bashes head on keyboard.--207.233.109.98 (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

hi, i just read the synopsis and i think that it has to corrected. First thing to mention im from germany and so i think my english isn't good enough to do those changes. I just read the book in german but this should not make difference. The first thing that came to my mind is: why is the only thing about his time in germany about the story in the refugee camp (and by the way for me the sentence is just confusing). Several other things happened in germany (Lenggries), he was training a (dangerous) dog before he became a clerk-typist. He was at the former concentration camp of dachau which was a emotional experience to him. And there were several other episodes. Then there is a mistake: he was back in Ireland on vacation, while he was still in the army.(not after he was released!) i think the reason was that he got ill after the sex in the refugee-camp. by the way the woman was from russia? i dont remember that this was explicitly said in the book. i just assumed eastern-european. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.113.106.31 (talk) 20:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)