Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)

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Llareggub (yah-REH-guhb). Small fishing village on the coast of Wales. Despite the name’s Welsh appearance, it is actually a typical Thomas joke—“bugger all,” spelled backward. The phrase is a vulgar colloquialism which means “nothing” or “worthless” in British English—Thomas’s way of suggesting that the play’s actions be taken lightly.

Thomas seems to have modeled the village on the real Welsh coastal village of Laugharne, where he lived for many years. Despite his joking name for Llareggub, his play treats the village with love....

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