The Trent University Electronic Text

To the best of my knowledge, the Trent University electronic text of Finnegans Wake (produced by Tim Szeliga and Donald Theall; no longer available on the university's website) is the only primary electronic text of the book. All other electronic texts on the web (including Fweet's) are based on it. Unfortunately, due to the relatively unadvanced technology available when it was originally produced, the Trent University electronic text was riddled with errors, which could not be corrected, as that website was not being actively maintained by anyone. To partially remedy this situation, in case anyone is still using that text or its derivatives, this page offers a list of all the known errors (currently more than three hundred, but there might well be more as yet unidentified ones). Needless to say, the known errors have already been corrected in Fweet's own electronic copy.

Please note that this list is based on the Faber-and-Faber and Viking editions of Finnegans Wake (and not on the uncorrected Penguin and Wordsworth editions). Where the Faber-and-Faber and Viking editions differ, I have noted which edition I am basing my recommendation on (usually because it adheres to Joyce's own corrections of misprints).

General Guidelines for the Table Below:

No.: Serial numbering (simply in order to maintain the total number of errors identified).
Line(s): The line or lines of Finnegans Wake where the error is located.
Currently: The Trent University erroneous text.
Should Be: The corrected text or the correction to be applied.
Elaboration: The difference between the erroneous and the corrected forms spelled out (as it may not be always immediately evident, especially when the difference is one of spacing or punctuation).
Contributed By: The Fweet user who has identified the error (all those without attribution were found by me).

Note: This table does not list the hundreds of issues related to extra or missing spaces around punctuation marks (e.g. more than 150 locations where there is a spurious space before an exclamation mark), nor any issues related to incorrect line numbering or erroneous minor formatting, as these are considered of little interest to the public in general (and to me in particular).

No.	Line(s)	Currently	Should Be	Elaboration	Contributed By
1	004.14	was	waz	a "z" (not an "s") (based on the Faber edition)
2	006.36	fiord	fjord	a "j" (not an "i")
3	011.10-.11	in	on line .10 (not .11)
4	013.22	f t.	f.t.	a full stop (not a space)	Alex Gregoire
5	013.22	Dyffinarsky	Dyfflinarsky	an "l" missing
6	014.01	tunes	turves	an "rv" (not an "n")	Wes McCullough
7	014.04	ant	and	a "d" (not a "t")	Alex Gregoire
8	014.11	1132.	1132	no full stop	Alex Gregoire
9	019.30	infinities	infinities!	an exclamation mark missing	Alex Gregoire
10	019.32	waste,	waste	no comma
11	020.08-.09	the b of rubrickredd	on line .09 (not .08)
12	022.07	'a forethought'	a forethought	no apostrophes (based on the Viking edition)
13	022.23	ant	and	a "d" (not a "t")	Alex Gregoire
14	022.31	of-lightning	of lightning	a space (not a hyphen)
15	023.29	horseluggarsandlisteltomine	horseluggarsandlistletomine	an "le" (not an "el")	Alex Gregoire
16	024.14	Usgueadbaugham	Usqueadbaugham	a "q" (not a "g")
17	025.01	il	it	a "t" (not an "l")
18	028.09	It's	It's an	the word "an" missing	Alex Gregoire
19	029.04	(Ivoeh!)	(ivoeh!)	a lowercase "i" (not an uppercase "I")	Alex Gregoire
20	029.04	the breezy	on the breezy	the word "on" missing	Alex Gregoire
21	031.28	earwigger	earwigger!	an exclamation mark missing	Wes McCullough
22	034.36	sod	and	an "an" (not a "so")	Alex Gregoire
23	035.35-.36	presented	presented,	a comma missing	Alex Gregoire
24	036.01	ginger,	ginger	no comma
25	036.08	'anticipation	anticipation	no apostrophe
26	038.32	Mere	Mère	a grave accent missing	Alex Gregoire
27	041.02	goot	good	a "d" (not a "t")	Alex Gregoire
28	042.07	firestuffostered	firestufffostered	three consecutive "f" (not two) (based on the Faber edition)
29	044.04	the exclamation mark	italicised		J.B.
30	047.22	the line	indented	this line is line 047.19 in the Fweet text (i.e. "Suffoclose...")
31	049.02	fù	fù.	a full stop missing
32	051.33	pipe	pipe,	a comma missing
33	053.19	the exclamation mark	italicised
34	053.20	the exclamation mark	italicised
35	054.02	fount	found	a "d" (not a "t")
36	054.06	the second exclamation mark	italicised
37	054.22	Travener's	Taverner's	an "aver" (not a "rave") (based on the Faber edition)
38	058.27	(pardonnez!	(pardonnez!)	a closing parenthesis missing
39	058.28	eh?	italicised		J.B.
40	059.01	halfmoon	Halfmoon	an uppercase "H" (not a lowercase "h")
41	059.32	himself	himself.	a full stop missing
42	061.10	II	11	two ones (not two uppercase "I")
43	062.18	incorruption-of-an	incorruption of an	no hyphens
44	074.06-.07	and	on line .06 (not .07)
45	076.02	( pace	(pace	no space
46	076.02	pace	italicised
47	079.14	firs;	first	a "t" (not a semicolon)	Chris Potter
48	082.22	knobkerries,	knobkerries	no comma
49	086.11-.12	Thoorday	Thoorsday	an "s" missing
50	089.27	the second question mark	italicised
51	091.19	bench.	bench,	a comma (not a full stop)
52	093.04	patch	pitch	an "i" (not an "a")
53	093.09	the latten	turn the latten	the word "turn" missing
54	093.27	Rasa	Rosa	an "o" (not an "a")
55	093.36	tribes,	tribes	no comma
56	094.21	..........	. . . . . . . . . .	ten spaced full stops (not ten unspaced full stops)
57	094.22	..........	. . . . . . . . .	nine spaced full stops (not ten unspaced full stops)	Detlev Enkler
58	094.22	0!	O!	an uppercase "O" (not a zero)
59	094.23	the line	indented
60	095.12	H₂CE₃	H₂ C E₃	a space missing before and after the "C"
61	096.12	vely	very	an "r" (not an "l")	Kyle Foley
62	096.22	O O O O O O O O	OOOOOOOO	no spaces
63	098.05	via	italicised		J.B.
64	098.25	kind of	kind	no " of" (based on the Faber edition)
65	106.10	end	and	an "a" (not an "e")
66	107.01	ts	is	an "i" (not a "t")
67	107.02	au	all	a double "l" (not a "u")
68	107.34	oxhousehumper!	oxhousehumper!)	a closing parenthesis missing	Kyle Foley
69	110.01	the line	indented
70	111.18	comer	corner	an "rn" (not an "m")
71	120.17-.18	majesty	italicised		J.B.
72	122.34	then)	then);	a semicolon missing
73	126.10	I.	1.	a one (not an uppercase "I")
74	130.34-.35	polt	on line .34 (not .35)
75	130.35-.36	the high- of highbigpipey	on line .35 (not .36)
76	131.08	al'	all	an "l" (not an apostrophe) (I believe that Faber/Viking have a poorly-printed "l" there)
77	131.09	the second semicolon	not italicised
78	132.36	eilerdich	eilerdich,	a comma missing
79	133.08-.09	the s of Liebsterpet	on line .08 (not .09)
80	134.36	the semicolon	not italicised
81	136.36	mountain	moontaen	an "o" and an "e" (not a "u" and an "i") (based on the Faber edition)
82	138.20	bom	born	an "rn" (not an "m")	Kyle Foley
83	138.36	gird	girds	an "s" missing
84	139.10	mom	morn	an "rn" (not an "m")
85	139.16	tum	turn	an "rn" (not an "m")
86	140.13	word	world	an "l" missing
87	140.28	on.	on	no full stop
88	141.13	hyelp hyelf	hyelp hyelp	a "p" (not an "f")
89	143.14	of.mindmouldered	of mindmouldered	a space (not a full stop)
90	147.07	the exclamation mark	not italicised
91	148.02	Misi	Misi,	a comma missing
92	150.03	the colon	not italicised
93	151.35	when	italicised
94	153.08	the exclamation mark	italicised
95	153.29	blague?	blague,	a comma (not a question mark)
96	157.32	le	la	an "a" (not an "e")
97	158.05	I	preceded by a dash
98	159.09	the second exclamation mark	not italicised
99	162.12-.13	up	on line .12 (not .13)
100	165.14	so	italicised
101	169.23	III	111,	three ones (not three uppercase "I") + a comma missing	Eric Rosenbloom
102	172.11	the line	indented
103	173.02	the question mark	not italicised
104	173.06	comer	corner	an "rn" (not an "m")
105	174.26	bis	italicised		J.B.
106	178.17	the exclamation mark	italicised
107	183.25	ladies	ladies'	an apostrophe missing
108	184.30	a	à	a grave accent missing
109	185.14	the line	indented
110	185.27	thc	the	an "e" (not a "c")
111	187.13-.14	nab	on line .14 (not .13)
112	189.20	hat	that	a "t" missing	J.B.
113	200.13	the colon	italicised
114	201.05	end	and	an "a" (not an "e")
115	214.05	me.	me	no full stop
116	214.18	stiff	stiff.	a full stop missing
117	215.27	the second exclamation mark	italicised
118	222.09	I'm	l'm	a lowercase "l" (not an uppercase "I") (although this might well be a typo in the printed editions)	Bernhard Rose
119	224.04-.05	presence	on line .05 (not .04)
120	224.05-.06	fould the	on line .06 (not .05)
121	224.06-.07	gravy	on line .07 (not .06)
122	225.24	or	Or	an uppercase "O" (not a lowercase "o")
123	228.23	citta	città	a grave accent missing
124	229.13-.14	Luncher Out.	on line .14 (not .13)
125	229.14-.15	the Mer-	on line .15 (not .14)
126	229.15-.16	Misery.	on line .16 (not .15)
127	229.23	duft	cluft	a "cl" (not a "d")	Bernhard Rose
128	232.28	crowy	crowy,	a comma missing
129	233.30	alaguerre.	alaguerre,	a comma (not a full stop)
130	238.07-.08	the five italicised f	five non-italicised ſ	five "long s" (not five "f")
131	239.09	offwith	off with	a space missing
132	239.25	Chèrie	Chérie	an acute accent (not a grave accent)
133	241.35	kis	his	an "h" (not a "k")
134	248.32-.33	Blanche	on line .32 (not .33)
135	248.33-.34	Awabeg	on line .33 (not .34)
136	248.34-.35	cipher	on line .34 (not .35)
137	248.35-.36	na	on line .35 (not .36)
138	250.32	she.	she	no full stop
139	250.36	tubble	dubble	a "d" (not a "t")
140	252.04	dare.	dare!	an exclamation mark (not a full stop)
141	253.32	Lucanhof	Lucanhof.	a full stop missing
142	254.10	lrenews	Irenews	an uppercase "I" (not a lowercase "l")
143	256.20	Grandmere	Grandmère	a grave accent missing	Bernhard Rose
144	260.L07	Don't	Dont	no apostrophe
145	262.20	the line	indented
146	262.F08	the	to	an "o" (not an "he") (in footnote #7)
147	263.L04	quiat	quiat.	a full stop missing
148	264.01	the line	indented
149	265.F06	H'd	H' d	a space missing (in footnote #3)
150	266.20	the line	indented
151	266.L03	no no	no	no second " no"
152	267.L03	called	culled	a "u" (not an "a")
153	268.16	her-inbourne	her inbourne	a space (not a hyphen)
154	269.F03	Renèe	Renée	an acute accent (not a grave accent) (in footnote #2)
155	269.L04-.L05	the three Greek words	completely redone	visible HTML, aberrant line break, missing alpha, missing diacritics
156	271.L13	crushsake	crush sake	a space missing
157	272.08	come-bats	come bats	a space (not a hyphen)
158	272.F01	that	that,	a comma missing (in footnote #1)
159	275.10	bucket	bucked	a "d" (not a "t")
160	275.23	heat	head	a "d" (not a "t")
161	276.F01	the	these	an "se" missing (in footnote #1)
162	276.F08	meepotsi	meepotsi.	a full stop missing (in footnote #4)
163	277.F12	the line	not indented	(in footnote #7)
164	277.L02	pick	spick	an "s" missing	Krzysztof Bartnicki
165	278.21	went	wend	a "d" (not a "t")
166	279.F15	virginity	viginity	no "r" (in footnote #1)
167	281.04	the line	indented
168	281.04	le	de	a "d" (not an "l")
169	281.05	plaîit	plaît	no second "i"
170	281.F04	there's	there's a	the word "a" missing (in footnote #2)
171	281.L03	Two	Twos	an "s" missing
172	282.27	an	and	a "d" missing
173	283.F02	every	ever	no "y" (in footnote #1)
174	283.F03	Rouen,	Rouen	no comma (in footnote #2)
175	283.L02-.L03	cashelbum	cashellum	an "l" (not a "b")
176	283.L05	Kyboshicksal	Kyboshicksal.	a full stop missing
177	284.F06	Wadlock	wadlock	a lowercase "w" (not an uppercase "W") (in footnote #4)
178	287.01	olorum	olorum!	an exclamation mark missing	Krzysztof Bartnicki
179	287.02	to	do	a "d" (not a "t")
180	287.21	roman	romana	an "a" missing
181	287.26	fututa	fututa fuere	the word "fuere" missing
182	288.08	brood reel	brood, a reel	a comma and the word "a" missing	Krzysztof Bartnicki
183	288.F07	cinnamonhued	cinnamondhued	a "d" missing (in footnote #5)
184	289.25	Ainee	Ainée	an acute accent missing
185	290.18	alors!	alors!,	a comma missing
186	290.26	for'twas	for 'twas	a space missing
187	293.01	the line	indented
188	293.03	teath	death	a "d" (not a "t")
189	293.F01	Dream country	Dreamcountry	no space (in footnote #1)
190	295.33	Lucihere !	Lucihere.!	a full stop (not a space)
191	297.L01-.L02	Influnce	Influence	an "e" missing
192	300.F04	men-in-the-straits!	men-in-the straits!	a space (not a third hyphen) (in footnote #4)
193	301.01	blood	blood-	a hyphen missing
194	301.F02	irish?	irish!	an exclamation mark (not a question mark) (in footnote #2) (based on the Faber edition)
195	303.16	again.	again	no full stop	Krzysztof Bartnicki
196	303.R07-.R08	AND WHISTLE.	on two lines (not one)
197	304.04	Slutningsbane.²	Slutningsbane².	the superscript "2" precedes the full stop (not follows it)
198	305.32	tomorrow,	tomorrow	no comma
199	305.F03	M	Mac	an "ac" missing (in footnote #3)
200	307.F03	Paris!	Paris?	a question mark (not an exclamation mark) (in footnote #3)
201	307.F10	Où	Où,	a comma missing (in footnote #8)
202	308.F02	skool,	skool	no comma	J.B.
203	308.R03	BEEFTAY'S	BEEEFTAY'S	a third "E" missing
204	308.R06	POETICS	POETIC	no "S"
205	309.15	minute	minute,	a comma missing
206	309.18	distance getting	distancegetting	no space (based on the Faber edition)
207	310.07	megacycles	megacycles,	a comma missing
208	310.08-.09	it	on line .08 (not .09)
209	310.09	somehows	somehows,	a comma missing
210	310.11	founder	founder,	a comma missing
211	310.27	in.on	in on	a space (not a full stop)
212	318.24	Alif	Alif.	a full stop missing
213	320.01	tope	dope	a "d" (not a "t")
214	322.03	lrish	Irish	an uppercase "I" (not a lowercase "l")
215	327.32-.33	Eiweddyng	Eriweddyng	an "r" missing
216	329.05	Briganteen — General	Briganteen—General	no spaces round the dash
217	329.30	l'Epèe	l'Epée	an acute accent (not a grave accent)
218	332.18	altolà	altolà,	a comma missing
219	332.18	the first gué	gué,	a comma missing
220	332.18	the second gué!)	gué!).	a full stop missing
221	332.21-.22	eye	on line .22 (not .21)
222	332.29	fust	first	an "ir" (not a "u")
223	334.31	the line	reformatted	visible HTML
224	334.36	ofthe	of the	a space missing
225	335.18	maormaoring	maormaoring.	a full stop missing
226	336.29	wher-o	where	an "e" (not a "-o")
227	338.24	goot	good	a "d" (not a "t")
228	338.26	Chang-il-meng	Chang-li-meng	an "li" (not an "il")
229	338.30	mom	morn	an "rn" (not an "m")
230	342.10-.11	It	on line .10 (not .11)
231	342.11-.12	hood?	on line .11 (not .12)
232	342.12-.13	the	on line .12 (not .13)
233	342.13-.14	nath.	on line .13 (not .14)	and the end-of-line hyphen on line .13 should accordingly be deleted	Eric Rosenbloom
234	342.14-.15	the fourth luck	on line .14 (not .15)	before the end-of-line hyphen, naturally	Eric Rosenbloom
235	342.28	annuysed	annuysed.	a full stop missing
236	342.33	Loudnin	Loundin	an "nd" (not a "dn") (this line is erroneously numbered 342.34 in the Trent text)
237	344.30	solongopatom..	solongopatom.	no second full stop
238	346.02-.03	How	on line .02 (not .03)
239	346.08-.10	the lines	reformatted	visible HTML, missing italics
240	347.36	Still	still	a lowercase "s" (not an uppercase "S")
241	350.08	feld	field	an "i" missing
242	350.17	I Pack	Pack	no "I " (this line is erroneously numbered 350.18 in the Trent text)	Krzysztof Bartnicki
243	351.16	allround	all round	a space missing
244	351.17	tag	tag.	a full stop missing
245	352.10	messgèr	messger	no accent (I believe that Faber/Viking just have a smudge there)
246	352.18	the first the	to	an "o" (not an "he")
247	352.31	home	horne	an "rn" (not an "m")	Krzysztof Bartnicki
248	352.31	no	nor	an "r" missing
249	352.34	Allah	Allaf	an "f" (not an "h")
250	353.03	one	One	an uppercase "O" (not a lowercase "o")
251	353.26	which	while	an "le" (not a "ch")	Dennis Giszczak
252	354.19	thc	the	an "e" (not a "c")	Krzysztof Bartnicki
253	361.07	aspen;ash	aspen; ash	a space missing
254	364.27	chem	chem-	a hyphen missing
255	364.35	offa	off a	a space missing
256	365.12	dollymaukins	dollymaukins!	an exclamation mark missing (based on the Faber edition)
257	366.21	tbe	the	an "h" (not a "b")	Krzysztof Bartnicki
258	366.29	offmombition	off mombition	a space missing
259	374.20	buylawyer	buylawyer!	an exclamation mark missing
260	375.30	the.fancy	the fancy	a space (not a full stop)
261	379.19	yourself	yourself.	a full stop missing	Krzysztof Bartnicki
262	385.01	bam	barn	an "rn" (not an "m")
263	390.17	Deaddleconchs	Deaddleconche	an "e" (not an "s") (based on the Faber edition)
264	398.10	shoulder	shoulder,	a comma missing
265	403.07	self	self-	a hyphen missing
266	404.11	now 'twas	now'twas	no space
267	406.01	or	of	an "f" (not an "r") (based on the Faber edition)
268	411.10	depend	depend,	a comma missing
269	411.11	Amen;	Amen,	a comma (not a semicolon)
270	411.35	of	of I	the word "I" missing
271	413.14	P.L.M	P.L.M.	a third full stop missing
272	414.36	With	with	a lowercase "w" (not an uppercase "W")
273	415.25	sahull	sahul!	an exclamation mark (not a second "l")
274	420.20	A.D.	in a smaller font
275	420.25	1O14	1014	a zero (not an uppercase "O")
276	427.22-.23	ousts of	on line .22 (not .23)
277	427.23-.24	the pity,	on line .23 (not .24)
278	427.24-.25	for	on line .24 (not .25)
279	428.01	Suasusopo!	Suasusupo!	a "u" (not an "o")
280	428.02	Somoanesia	Samoanesia	an "a" (not an "o")
281	428.02	be forgetting	be after forgetting	the word "after" missing
282	428.03	chalking	chalkin	no "g"
283	428.05	in thoughts	in your thoughts	the word "your" missing
284	428.05	how deepings	how the deepings	the word "the" missing
285	432.26-.27	commandments.	commandments	no full stop
286	436.01	tapegarters.	tapegarters,	a comma (not a full stop)
287	438.28-.29	thereinunder (on two lines)	therinunder (on one line)	no "e" after the "r" (and wholly on line .28) (based on the Faber edition)
288	447.17	Comer	Corner	an "rn" (not an "m")	Krzysztof Bartnicki
289	451.35	he	be	a "b" (not an "h")
290	453.22	as	an	an "n" (not an "s")
291	454.11	wooly's	woolly's	a second "l" missing
292	454.19	Hairy	hairy	a lowercase "h" (not an uppercase "H")
293	456.02	(sublime!)	(sublime!).	a full stop missing
294	456.04	taste of	taste	no " of"
295	457.23	fo	for	an "r" missing
296	461.24	soiedisante-chineknees	soiedisante chineknees	a space (not a hyphen)
297	467.32	you.	you,	a comma (not a full stop) (based on the Penguin edition)
298	480.21	Emania	Emania.	a full stop missing
299	481.02	Changechild..............	Changechild................?	two full stops and a question mark missing
300	481.03	es	as	an "a" (not an "e")
301	481.03	earth.....................?	earth......................?	one full stop missing
302	481.35	fué fué	fué! fué!	two exclamation marks missing
303	483.02	Ihe	the	a lowercase "t" (not a uppercase "I")
304	486.28	girdle.	girdle,	a comma (not a full stop)
305	491.19	the	tha	an "a" (not an "e")
306	491.28	muscle	muscle-	a hyphen missing
307	492.29	in dryfilthy-	in dry dryfilthy-	the word "dry" missing	Eric Rosenbloom
308	499.08	Thuoni I	Thuoni!	an exclamation mark (not the word "I")
309	499.12	Bat	Bad	a "d" (not a "t")	Orlando Mezzabotta
310	504.01	the second cran,	cran	no comma
311	506.15	kow	how	an "h" (not a "k")
312	508.19	quai	quaint-	an "nt-" missing
313	508.27	shallshee	shallshee,	a comma missing
314	510.20	told	told,	a comma missing
315	511.21	as	was	a "w" missing
316	512.20	reely!	reelly!	a second "l" missing
317	513.04	of.	of .	a space missing
318	513.32	themselves	themselves,	a comma missing
319	514.23	Heaven	Heaven,	a comma missing (based on the Penguin edition)	Eric Rosenbloom
320	517.16	hack	back	a "b" (not an "h")
321	525.10	vill	will	a "w" (not a "v")
322	540.11	ad	and	an "n" missing
323	547.06-.07	I	on line .07 (not .06)
324	547.07-.08	love	on line .08 (not .07)
325	547.08-.09	lors!	on line .09 (not .08)
326	550.14	flesh neats	fleshmeats	an "m" (not a space and an "n")
327	552.05	masoned	masoned,	a comma missing
328	552.16	Welhell!!	Welhell!	no second exclamation mark
329	559.04	casement	casement.	a full stop missing
330	559.05	wall	wall.	a full stop missing
331	561.28	Itis	It is	a space missing
332	561.35	herself	herself.	a full stop missing
333	566.26	the second porkego.	porkego!	an exclamation mark (not a full stop)
334	569.21	the first exclamation mark	italicised
335	570.34	crockodeyled	crookodeyled	an "o" (not a "c")
336	571.10	ferm.	ferm,	a comma (not a full stop)
337	573.30	the exclamation mark	italicised
338	575.32	Jeremy Doyler	JeremyDoyler	no space
339	576.01	scabie	scabie,	a comma missing
340	580.35	arid	and	an "n" (not an "ri")
341	588.35	mistletots	mistletots,	a comma missing
342	594.18-.19	the pub of clubpubber	on line .19 (not .18)
343	594.20-.21	of	on line .21 (not .20)
344	596.24	freeflawforms; parasama	freeflawforms;parasama	no space
345	596.27	colour; stoatters	colour;stoatters	no space
346	599.13	even;	even	no semicolon
347	600.01-.02	to	on line .02 (not .01)
348	608.29	the semicolon	italicised
349	609.24-610.32	all the introductory colons	italicised
350	612.15	sennacassia	sennacassia.	a full stop missing
351	614.29	scandaller, be	scandaller,be	no space
352	615.01	past;	past,	a comma (not a semicolon)
353	616.23	oldfirm's	old firm's	a space missing
354	618.01	the MacCrawls	theMacCrawls	no space
355	623.03	homer	horner	an "rn" (not an "m")

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