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TomSlick

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3. A later-day Humpty Dumpty

Reply to slightlv (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:11 PM

Oct 9

'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 mean so many different things.’

’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.'

― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

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