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[57]  ‘Hekinah Degul’ means something like: ‘His flag is erect!” in colloquial Lilliputian.

 

      Clearly, Mary didn't need to translate this into English in her memoir, since she had mastered Lilliputian.

 

      Luckily, Lemuel Gulliver, in his 'Voyage to Lilliput' (1726) was careful to translate into English all the Lilliputian words he inserted into his story, so that I was able to learn Lilliputian myself, and to translate Mary's Lilliputian into English.

(See Lilliputian Dictionary in the Menu, under More) 

(L to R) Lemuel, Reldresal, in a Lilliputian Language lesson.

Artist: Unknown

Can you believe it, that Lilliputian is actually based on Hebrew?

What readers say?

Xaviera Hollander

("The Happy Hooker" and dozen more books):

We've been friends  for almost half a century and enjoyed several of each others' theatrical productions, so reading your memoir of Mrs. Gulliver is a wonderful surprise: so witty, subversive, and yet, arousing... it tickled my mind as well as inspired my G-spot. Highly recommended!

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