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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:11 pm |
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* Humpty appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, where he discusses semantics and pragmatics with Alice.
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' "Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"
"But `glory' doesn't mean `a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all."
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again.
"They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs, they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"
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Nyteshadecreed
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:02 pm |
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Well here is the catch to the alice and humpty dumpty thing, he still had to tell her what he meant and not leave it up to her to figure out what she wanted it all to mean. Which is precisely where we are at... and what I have been trying to say to you, that we were on different pages
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stan
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:14 pm |
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| Nyteshadecreed wrote: |
| Well here is the catch to the alice and humpty dumpty thing, he still had to tell her what he meant and not leave it up to her to figure out what she wanted it all to mean. Which is precisely where we are at... and what I have been trying to say to you, that we were on different pages |
I understand and all is well. May the stirring in your spirit bring you Joy and Peace and new horizons and a Blessing and may it be soon. LOL
Enjoyed your thoughts.
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