I think I see the pins. But what kind of pins are these? They look like black light bulbs! ____ Little Birds are sleeping All among the pins, Where the loser...
... Doug gave a talk to the West Coast Chapter of the LCSNA back in '81, an animated reading of "Achilles and the Tortoise" from GEB, along with his friends...
... I would highly recommend his book on translation "Le Ton Beau de Marot" (it's in English, despite the title). wr 같같같같같같같같같� ...
Adele Cammarata
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Jul 1, 2002 8:32 pm
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In a message dated 01/07/2002 16:54:58 GMT Daylight Time, mxburste@... writes: << nty years ago, but are still remarkably consonant with Mr. Dodgson's....
AnisaT@...
Jul 1, 2002 8:56 pm
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Matt writes: "I think I see the pins. But what kind of pins are these? They look like black light bulbs!" # Little Birds are sleeping # All among the pins #...
Mark I. writes: <Little Birds are sleeping <All among the pins < Where the loser wins: What are you looking at, Matt? >> Furniss's illustrations. If...
<A HREF="http://www.eskimo.com/~daylight/Pix/MM/scythe.gif"> http://www.eskimo.com/~daylight/Pix/MM/scythe.gif</A> Here is a picture of a pin on a scythe. Matt...
I must apologize for the subjunctive misinformation. Checking the relevant section of Latin grammarbook again, I see I misread what it said about the ...
Ruth Berman
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Jul 2, 2002 3:11 pm
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... pin}. Same as {Thole}." > Curious how dictionaries can differ in details. The "Webster's Collegiate" I have here doesn't mention scythes, but does say that...
Ruth Berman
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Jul 2, 2002 3:20 pm
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Adele Cammarata writes: "Have you ever wondered if the things drawn from the treacle well were all the things that begin with M in any language of this world...
I think Alice misunderstood the characters. Of course there was "no room," the table was *outside*, under a tree. ___ "No room! No room!" they cried out when...
Markisrael wrote "Then again, Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie sound like English names. If the girls were English-speakers, perhaps they owned an alphabetized ...
Adele Cammarata
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Jul 2, 2002 9:06 pm
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Why not? said the March Hare I noticed that three of the items which the Doremouse lists (mouse- traps, Moon, memory) are things which involve drawing, but...
<DOYLE60@...> wrote ... thinking? Why would he shape them this way? Let's play Match Game: Bowling Pins, Bobbie Pins, Hair Pins, Thole Pins, Belaying...
Ruth Berman
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Jul 3, 2002 1:17 pm
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... Moon, memory) are things which involve drawing, but without use of a pencil! a Mouse-trap draws mice to it, the Moon draws the tides, and things are drawn...
Ruth Berman
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Jul 3, 2002 1:20 pm
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I think Ruth is right about the pins. But why so oddly shaped? They aren't even funny fat pins, but have a totally different form. The birds are not the...
... was "no room," ... coming. "There's ... large ... That's an interesting idea. It reminds me of a Venn Diagram - saw some in a logic book. If one draws a...
... I noticed that three of the items which the Doremouse lists (mouse- traps, Moon, memory) are things which involve drawing, but without use of a pencil! a...
Adele Cammarata
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Jul 3, 2002 5:43 pm
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... fat pins, but have a totally different form. The birds are not the only characters amongst pins, the White Queen is as well. The phrase "she's all over...
Ruth Berman
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Jul 3, 2002 6:42 pm
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... Oxford has very short terms (semesters), about 8 weeks, and very long vacations. In Dodgson's time the terms seem, if anything, to have been slightly...
For those interested in children's books with Carrollian references, I recommend Neil Gaiman's Coraline. This is one very creepy book, but very cool too....
In fact it was rather difficult to keep her in her place while she made her speech: the two Queens pushed her so, one on each side, that they nearly lifted her...
I propose that the White Queen remembers the future backwards. This view has to struggle tediously against the Queen's remark "It's a poor sort of memory that...
I'm trying to put together a list of well known people who have been inspired to create works of their own by Lewis Carroll's works. The one who springs first...
In "Who Stole the Tarts?" the King of Hearts asks the Hatter when he began his tea. He answers "Fourteenth of March," but the March Hare says "Fifteenth" - the...
BTW, I was lucky enough to attend the reading of this book by Gaiman on Tuesday in Berkeley. Truly excellent. I will probably pick up the tape of it. I agree...
Whiles: I guess Carroll simply pluralized a word that doesn't usually get pluralized in that given context just for the amusement of it, because it sounds...
