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1. kayleen says:

   January 2, 2011 at 12:56 pm

   I actually did a linguistics project on this poem in college, surveying people to see what they thought words like “mimsy” and “frabjous” meant. Carroll amazes me.

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   • kayleen says:

     January 2, 2011 at 12:56 pm

     Also his voice kind of creeps me out.

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     • Jo_of_TSN says:

       January 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm

       This is my first time hearing his voice, and I have to agree on the creepiness factor.

       On another note, after my friends and I had to read this in Jr. High, we started adding “oh frabjuous day, callou callay” in normal conversation. We’re all college graduates now, but we still say it to this day.

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2. Katie Roche says:

   January 2, 2011 at 5:05 pm

   HA! HA, I say!!

   I vaguely remember arguing with my Brit Lit teacher about how to pronounce Carroll’s made up words in this poem. Turns out, I was right.

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3. Max says:

   January 2, 2011 at 7:01 pm

   Are you sure this is a recording of Lewis Carroll? He died in 1898.

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   • Andrew says:

     January 3, 2011 at 11:59 am

     According to the Youtube description, it’s actually read by Justin Brett.

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   • Abraham Piper says:

     January 3, 2011 at 12:05 pm

     Oops! I posted too quickly… Updated.

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