...Carroll's classic children's story Through the Looking Glass, Alice encounters Humpty Dumpty.' 'When /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...

...they can be overturned -' Lewis Carroll seemed to have patent lawyers in mind when he wrote: "When / use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - nothing more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words...

...argument for you!'" "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument.'" Alice objected. "When / use a word." Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." (Carroll, p. 237, italics in the original) With her limited...

...39 They gave it me,— for an un-birthday present. Through the Looking-Glass ch. 6 (1872) 40 "When / ter to Frances Scott Fitzgerald, 7 July 1938 44 I am not a great man, but sometim choose it to mean— neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words...

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...Regulation: I know of only one authority which might justify the suggested method of construction: '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...

...conversation in Though the Looking Glass when Humpty Dumpty lectured Alice on the meaning of words. "'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.'" That is all very well, but confusion may arise unless...

...that "glory" meant "a nice knock-down argument." His view of language was that he was the "master": "'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' " (Carroll 1965, 268-69). But we speak a public language...

...philosophische Betrachtung findet sich bekanntermaßen in L. Carolls Geschichte "Through tlie Looking Glass": "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...

...knock-down argument for you!'" 'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected. '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...