`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
(Originally thought to have been penned by an obscure mathematician named Dodgson, it turns out the above were actually the original operating rules for the Great Western Railway.
This may explain something.)
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
(Originally thought to have been penned by an obscure mathematician named Dodgson, it turns out the above were actually the original operating rules for the Great Western Railway.
This may explain something.)
------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll get flamed for mocking God's Wonderful Railway!
"Lobby Dosser" wrote in news:htv3be$gqe$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:
Beware the Jabberwock, my son, the jaws that bite and claws that scratch Beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch.
whaaaaa?
Thanx for asking:
Bandersnatch =97 A swift moving creature with snapping jaws, capable of extending its neck.
Beamish =97 Radiantly beaming, happy, cheerful. Although Carroll may have thought he had coined this word, it is attested from 1530.
Borogove =97 A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, "something like a live mop".
Brillig =97 Four o'clock in the afternoon: the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.
Burbled =97 Possibly a mixture of "bleat", "murmur", and "warble". Burble is also a pre-existing word, circa 1303, meaning to form bubbles as in boiling water.
Chortled =97 Combination of chuckle and snort.
Frabjous =97 Possibly a blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous.
Frumious =97 Combination of "fuming" and "furious".
Galumphing =97 Perhaps a blend of "gallop" and "triumphant". Used to describe a way of "trotting" down hill, while keeping one foot further back than the other. This enables the Galumpher to stop quickly.
Gimble =97 To make holes as does a gimlet.
Gyre =97 To go round and round like a gyroscope.
Jubjub bird =97 A desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion, according to the Butcher in Carroll's later poem The Hunting of the Snark.
Manxome =97 Fearsome. A portmanteau of "manly" and "buxom", the latter relating to men for most of its history.
Mimsy =97 Combination of "miserable" and "flimsy".
Mome =97 Possibly short for "from home," meaning that the raths had lost their way.
Outgrabe (past tense; present tense outgribe) =97 Something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle.
Rath =97 A sort of green pig.
Snicker-snack =97 A word of unclear meaning, probably related to snickersnee.
Slithy =97 Combination of "slimy" and "lithe."
Tove =97 A combination of a badger, a lizard, and a corkscrew. They are very curious looking creatures which make their nests under sundials and eat only cheese.
Tulgey =97 Thick, dense, dark.
Uffish =97 A state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish.
Vorpal =97 See vorpal sword.
Wabe =97 The grass plot around a sundial. It is called a "wabe" because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side.
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