Which I usually did.
When you wake up in the morning but it almost noon, if having a meal on that time, you are not having a breakfast,
but a BRUCH,Breakfast and Lunch.
hahhaha...
i found these words while browsing about Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There..
In the story Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,
there's a poem titled: Jabberwocky
| “ | 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. | ” |
The poem was written by Lewis Carroll.
It is considered by many to be one of the greatest nonsense poems written in the English language.
because of the words that Carroll invent himself.
and the words is hard to understand, sometimes it dosen't make sense.
Beamish — Radiantly beaming, happy, cheerful.
Frumious — Combination of "fuming" and "furious"
Chortled — Combination of chuckle and snort.
Wabe — The grass plot around a sundial. It is called a "wabe" because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side.
In Primary school, this poem was used to teach portmanteau.
In This poem there's a lot of portmanteau.( port-men-tow)
- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings;
brunch is one of it.
other example is: shopaholic, workaholic, smog( smoke & fog), motel (motor& hotel)I just recently watch Mary and Max movie.
Max just invent a portmanteau, confuzzled- confused and puzzled. which never exist, though.
French regard portmanteau as a carrier, traveling bag.
So, there's 2 meaning of portmanteau.
p/s: Just want to share. I was attracted by the word BURCH actually.haha
I think Im going to buy the EX5...i think...
coz of the flat seat, lighter than CT 110, Hazi said the Lagenda was heavy and when she fell down with the bike the other day, she couldn't bring it up.
and because of the save on fuel.
so, above is the EX5, white, what do u guys think????
my brother said it is important that the chain has cover on it, which lack on most new motorcycles..
