Dreamers, Pink Tickles and English
August 19th 2007 02:54
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves.
And the mome raths outgrabe.
(Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll)
My head is undoubtedly up in the clouds.
I know this because from up here, the view is fantastic. Also, I love throwing peanuts at the rest of my body. Poor thing, looks so bored down there; doodling, listening to a dull lecturer, walking aimlessly. I wish I could bring the rest of me up here, but then, that would be pointless, for what exactly would a body do in the clouds? I think there should be a sign up here for anyone who might be tempted to bring their body up with them. “No bodies allowed.”
Mmm, I like that. A little poetic, even.
So yes, as one can probably begin to tell after sitting down for a conversation with me, I am exceptionally good at going off on tangents. Why? I have a very short boredom span. This, I cannot explain further, simply because I don’t why I’m so, I suppose you could say, excitable.
So, before hand - dear people of the world- forgive me if I sometimes seem to jump to a completely different topic when I haven’t completed the first.
I love Lewis Carroll, I love his mind, I love the peculiarities and the weirdness of his story telling. It simply ‘Tickles Me Pink’. This poem (Jabberwocky) is my tickliest. All the world play, and neologism, and the strange sounds that comes out of your mouth in trying to pronounce these words…I just love it.
Roald Dahl is another of my favourite. I lost my English-Reading-Virginity with him *blush*. And I will forever love my teacher, Mrs Utber wherever you are, for introducing me to him. The BFG has a special spot on my book shelf. English words and quirks were curious to me. Strange ways of saying something, strange ways of spelling and pronunciation. But the mind of a child is a wonderful thing. It took me no more than a month to absorb the English language, and I was soon saying “yup” with the best of them.
Where did ‘yup’ originate from? Seriously, who decided to twist ‘yes’ into ‘yup’?
What trail of thought were they thinking? Does any one know?
I think it’s time for a cup of tea.
Thank you for your curiosity.
Hail Animus
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