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To: Suma who wrote (66944)	5/20/2008 9:09:46 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543633

Only in its famous origins: ruthannzaroff.com “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). “Now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!” (for when she looked down at her feet they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). “Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I’m sure I shan’t be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can—but I must be kind to them,” thought Alice, “or perhaps they won’t walk the way I want to go! Let me see. I’ll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.” And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. “They must go by the carrier,” she thought; and how funny it’ll seem, sending presents to one’s own feet! And how odd the directions will look!

To: Suma who wrote (66944)	5/20/2008 9:10:21 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543633

It isn't in my dictionary. Where did you find it- aside from its use in Alice in Wonderland and quotes (or permutations) of that?

To: Suma who wrote (66944)	5/20/2008 9:18:41 AM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543633

I've heard it, I just can't say it. It's a mouthful. Lewis Caroll had fun with it. ruthannzaroff.com Just poetic license? Dictionary.com doesn't give a correct comparative or superlative form. A few years ago I challenged and Indian - the country -- colleague when he used the word "updation" as he would "insertion". I said it wasn't a word. And he told me that it is commonly used in Indian computer science parlance. Turns out he is right. My linguistic major ex girlfriend would cite this as an example of how language is fluid and changeable. That usage determines correctness over time and not rules. Updation for all sticklers: we're so screwed. Dan D.