Mary Bianco

>From: "Robyn Coburn" <dezigna@...>

<<The other day my dd (3 �) startled me when she rushed up to me and asked
me to �scrub her asshole�. I asked why, and she told me it had paint all
over it. She was referring to her easel. In the spirit of John Holt we
are refraining from correcting her pronunciation, and getting a good few
chuckles in the meantime. Last night � � I really like my asshole�.>>

Thanks for the laugh. That was too funny!!!! That's one you have to remember
to write down.

Mary B





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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Bianco" <mummyone24@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:49 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Words


> >From: "Robyn Coburn" <dezigna@...>
>
> <<The other day my dd (3 ¼) startled me when she rushed up to me and asked
> me to "scrub her asshole". I asked why, and she told me it had paint all
> over it. She was referring to her easel. In the spirit of John Holt we
> are refraining from correcting her pronunciation, and getting a good few
> chuckles in the meantime. Last night - " I really like my asshole".>>
>
> Thanks for the laugh. That was too funny!!!! That's one you have to
remember
> to write down.
>
> Mary B
>
>
>
>
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In a message dated 10/5/03 3:16:34 AM, fetteroll@... writes:

<< *But* long time posters to this list tend to be people who love words and

recognize how important it is to use them accurately. >>

Yesterday morning Holly said out of the blue "You know what I wish?"

"What do you wish?"

"I wish that every person knew the meaning of every word they ever used."

A wave of 'Wow, that WOULD be cool!' washed over me.

Turns out what she really was thinking of was etymology. That if we
understood immediately what the basis of each word was we would understand them more
clearly and use them better and not have to learn useages. (She didn't have
those terms, but that's what came out of it on examination.

What's that Lewis Carroll bit about words meaning precisely what I want them
to mean? One of the characters from Alice in/through wherever? Maybe someone
knows a phrase to find it online. I need to go start breakfast for the
balloon-fiesta returnees.

Sandra

Tia Leschke

>
>
>What's that Lewis Carroll bit about words meaning precisely what I want them
>to mean? One of the characters from Alice in/through wherever? Maybe
>someone
>knows a phrase to find it online. I need to go start breakfast for the
>balloon-fiesta returnees.


http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/through-the-looking-glass/chapter-06.html
`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.'

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty
began again. `They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs, they're
the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs --
however, I can manage the whole of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!'

`Would you tell me, please,' said Alice `what that means?`

`Now you talk like a reasonable child,' said Humpty Dumpty, looking very
much pleased. `I meant by "impenetrability" that we've had enough of that
subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do
next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here all the rest of your life.'

`That's a great deal to make one word mean,' Alice said in a thoughtful tone.

`When I make a word do a lot of work like that,' said Humpty Dumpty, `I
always pay it extra.'

`Oh!' said Alice. She was too much puzzled to make any other remark.

`Ah, you should see `em come round me of a Saturday night,' Humpty Dumpty
went on, wagging his head gravely from side to side: `for to get their
wages, you know.'

There's more.
Tia

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In a message dated 10/5/03 5:33:36 PM, leschke@... writes:

<< `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.' >>

Thank you very much, Tia!

Sandra

Tia Leschke

>
><< `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.' >>
>
>Thank you very much, Tia!


Thank Google. <g>
Tia

Heidi

Oooooh! It makes me want to get out my Through the Looking Glass!
Really, it DOES!

and, for my favorite "word" quote

"Language is important. Without language, we'd all be at a loss for
words."

~Hank, the Cow Dog

:)

HeidiC



> http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/through-the-looking-
glass/chapter-06.html
> `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.'