http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/ Lewis Carroll discussion Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:42 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15782 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15782 Fernando, he said exactly that in his letter to Alice re the Nursery Alice. Several of his child friends mentioned how he told them he thought of them still as Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:35:18 GMT fernando soto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15781 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15781 Hi Keith, Could you back up such "confident" statements as "He always thought of her as the child she used to be, that was an enduring memory and, although he Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:28:14 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15780 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15780 Fernando, CLD always seemed to be fully aware of his 'ambiguities' - I cannot read that passage though as CLD being over Alice. He always thought of her as the Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:46:55 GMT jbuchus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15779 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15779 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:46:14 GMT jbuchus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15778 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15778 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:44:02 GMT jbuchus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15777 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15777 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:10:23 GMT GoetzK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15776 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15776 Recently (Nov. 10th) NYNDK’s (http://www.chriswashburne.com/nyndk.html) album, "The Hunting Of The Snark," came out. There is a mix of contemporary classical Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:19 GMT MITCHELL LOCKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15775 I am not a linguist. The word "truth" is in quotes, meaning that what is perceived as true may not be so. ________________________________ From: Michael Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:28:56 GMT fernando soto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15774 Hi Keith, I am not sure whether you do understand my "view" of things, although I agree with you about some of the differences between the spoken and written Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:44:20 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15773 Fernando, Yes, I'm aware of how you view things. When a word is spoken the clues to meaning are in the expression and the emphasis that the speaker uses. The Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:30:18 GMT fernando soto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15772 Hi Keith, My point is that we must pay special attention when Carroll, through his characters, provides ideas of, or "theories" about language. If anything, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:43:00 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15771 Fernando, a set of definitions would be in this context trying to set the wages! Words mean different things to different people as you'll know if you listen Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:24:53 GMT fernando soto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15770 Hi Keith, It's funny how right after saying that Humpty Dumpty - whose own name describes him to a T and whose "life" emerges from a set of words in a nursery Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:02:47 GMT GoetzK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15769 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15769 Leaving the subject line as it is does not necessarily have to be impolite. It also can be considerate, as an unchanged subject line can help to follow Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:09:25 GMT Deb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15768 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/15768 I did ask nicely if people could kindly change the topic heading when changing the subject so as to avoid confusion. I will ask nicely again and give an