`Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I'm glad they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added aloud.
Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said the March Hare.
`Exactly so,' said Alice.
`Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.
`I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know.'
`Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'
`You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'
`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'
`It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much
I said what i meant
but i didnt mean what i said..
And alas, (deep sigh) it aint the same thing....
2 comments:
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I never knew Alice in Wonderland had such dialogues...As a matter of fact, I have never read it...Interesting excerpt...
This is very similar to that palindrome kinda sentences that you keep talking about...Boy i can't believe I forgot what that is...!
Alice in Wonderland is a mster piece, if you would ask me... Even i havent read it entirely.. But have read a couple of such interesting dialogues.. I find the humour similar to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...Absolutely crazy...
And its.. chiasmus - http://www.drmardy.com/chiasmus/definition.shtml
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