Who is Godot? That was the big question that I remember from countless literature classes at school and university. The general consensus seemed to be that Beckett meant God and she never turned up.

Now, considering Beckett is Irish, and you pronounce "Godot" French (after all, the play was written in French originally), has nobody ever realised that the sound of "Godot" matches the Irish phrase "go deo", which means "forever"? The first time this occured to me was a good 10 years ago, and at the time nobody, even in Ireland, seemed to have made that connection. I can't honestly believe that I should be the first to suggest this, so please leave a comment if you know of anyone at all who made the go deo - Godot connection.