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- From: rowe@engin.umich.edu (Steven Rowe)
- Subject: Re: Oprah 11/19
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:06:39 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
- References: <1992Nov20.040700.26375@col.hp.com> <KhG=Wj_@engin.umich.edu> <1992Nov23.191708.11165@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov23.191708.11165@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> dwells@lonestar.utsa.edu (Darren . Wells) writes:
- >In article <KhG=Wj_@engin.umich.edu> rowe@engin.umich.edu (Steven Rowe) writes:
- >>actively jumped, as far as I'm concerned. But some snarks are boojums.
- > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
- >Pardon me, sir, but are you speaking some new language here? Or are you
- >rewriting English by adding words of your own?
- >
- >Or am I just ignorant and behind the times . . .
- >
- >[I hope I am not about to be really embarrased]
-
- No, no new language (at least on my part). This is an allusion (my
- quota for obscure literary references is only half-full, and the year is
- nearing its end) to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark." The
- point I was trying to make was that, although there are passive folks
- out there who *look* like passive folks (snarks), they may actually be
- active (dominant) folks who like to down-play that aspect (so they look
- like snarks, but are actually boojums). The snark was a boojum, you see.
-
- Carroll is famous for making up new words, though. Like in "Jaberwocky"
- he must have made up dozens. "All brilig were the sworthy toths, ase
- they gyred and gymballed in the wabe..." (or something to that effect).
-
- Sorry for the confusion. Appropriate displays of affection to all!
-
- > Steve <
-
- --
- Steve Rowe: B0 f- w- c g+ k+ s- e+ r-
- These folks who don't believe in evolution
- are the ones who look the most like they could use some.
- -Frank Allison
-