Humpty Dumptyism

Nov 01

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“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.”
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6)

…pondering the proliferation of words which mean so many more different things than they used to.

random quotation#1

Jul 04

eldongeneral observations 6 Comments

“One always feels a bit sheepish, of course, about bringing the metaphor concept into the social sciences and perhaps that is because one always feels there is something soft and wooly about it.”

[your task, should you decide to accept it, is to attribute.]

[oh no, do not use google, that would be TOO easy.]

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