On Words #16

Quotation
"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in 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 so many different things.'" -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There

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  1. I need to show you the set of Alice in Wonderland + Through the Looking Glass that I picked up in one of those Kerrytown bookstores..they're lovely. You'd approve. :)

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  2. Ah! Yes! That sounds super duper exciting. :)

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