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raccoon

(31,118 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2012, 02:32 PM Sep 2012

For fifty years I had believed it was borogroves. I was wrong.

"Jabberwocky"

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Imagine, I might have gone another 50 years without knowing it. I had believed it was BOROGROVES,
and they looked like a mangrove swamp.

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For fifty years I had believed it was borogroves. I was wrong. (Original Post) raccoon Sep 2012 OP

IMAGINE THAT! elleng Sep 2012 #1

Me too. I'm going to have to dig up my Lewis Carroll now just to be sure! Demoiselle Sep 2012 #2

Yeah, see in this Tenniel illustration the borogroves/borogoves in the background. raccoon Sep 2012 #3

They're lookin' pretty mimsy to me. Demoiselle Sep 2012 #10

My wife memorized that as a child. At 49 she can still spit out the entire thing. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #4

so can I, and I am, ahem, older kwassa Sep 2012 #5

I thought they did a pretty good depiction of it in Depp's "Alice in Wonderland". HopeHoops Sep 2012 #8

you mean this? kwassa Sep 2012 #11

Quite specifically. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #12

The Muppets version hobbit709 Sep 2012 #15

You must be pretty embarassed. bluedigger Sep 2012 #6

Well, I bet plenty of people thought it was borogroves. raccoon Sep 2012 #7

You don't think I'd admit something that embarrassing in public, do you? bluedigger Sep 2012 #9

As long as you don't cross the Frumoius Bandersnatch. nolabear Sep 2012 #13

But, but, Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #14

elleng

(131,067 posts)

1. IMAGINE THAT!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 02:39 PM

Sep 2012

BRILLIG!!!

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

2. Me too. I'm going to have to dig up my Lewis Carroll now just to be sure!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 05:58 PM

Sep 2012

raccoon

(31,118 posts)

3. Yeah, see in this Tenniel illustration the borogroves/borogoves in the background.

Reply to Demoiselle (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 08:00 AM

Sep 2012

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

10. They're lookin' pretty mimsy to me.

Reply to raccoon (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:05 PM

Sep 2012

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

4. My wife memorized that as a child. At 49 she can still spit out the entire thing.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 09:37 AM

Sep 2012

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

5. so can I, and I am, ahem, older

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:30 PM

Sep 2012

Beware the Jabberwock, my son ...

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

8. I thought they did a pretty good depiction of it in Depp's "Alice in Wonderland".

Reply to kwassa (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 03:03 PM

Sep 2012

Yeah, it was filler that wasn't in the book, as was the entire Wonka's dad the dentist sub-plot in Depp's "Willy Wonka".

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

11. you mean this?

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:21 PM

Sep 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

12. Quite specifically.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:26 PM

Sep 2012

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

15. The Muppets version

Reply to kwassa (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:49 PM

Sep 2012

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

6. You must be pretty embarassed.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:38 PM

Sep 2012

How do you even show your face in public, knowing everybody has been laughing at you for that for half a century?

raccoon

(31,118 posts)

7. Well, I bet plenty of people thought it was borogroves.

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:40 PM

Sep 2012

Just me and another poster here are big enough to admit it.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

9. You don't think I'd admit something that embarrassing in public, do you?

Reply to raccoon (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 03:58 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,990 posts)

13. As long as you don't cross the Frumoius Bandersnatch.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:30 PM

Sep 2012

And yes, there WAS a band named that!

Baitball Blogger

(46,755 posts)

14. But, but,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:32 PM

Sep 2012

what about us borogroves?

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