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To: Maple MAGA who wrote (4546)	9/22/2020 9:35:51 PM
From: DMaA	1 Recommendation Recommended By Maple MAGA Respond to of 4710

I was watching a "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon the other day. The boys were having a silly argument about something when the narrator said "Well enough of this airy persiflage."

To: Maple MAGA who wrote (4546)	9/22/2020 9:53:00 PM
From: Valuepro	2 Recommendations Recommended By Maple MAGA Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4710

English it the most changing and changeable language on earth. It is hard to look at old rules of usage as a modern guide. For instance, I only recently learned that "Jabberwoky" by Lewis Carroll is not quite nonsense. It is, in fact, composed of very old English words that simply fell out of usage, but are presented the poem in a somewhat silly assemblage. Here are a few lines as a reminder. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.