Once a riddle, it's now an obvious fact.
And then we gave it a personality and discussed semantics with it.
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said.Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'""But `glory' doesn't mean `a nice knock-down argument,'" Alice objected."When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a 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 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 lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"
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