Re: Suggestive nonsense (was: K-Rad)

Eric Christopherson wrote:

> I think you meant to say that <toves> is a Noun-PL. Also, I'd always thouht
> of <brillig> as an adjective, but I've read that Carroll later said it was a
> noun meaning some part of the day (teatime, was it?)
Because of the "'twas" in front of it, "brillig" always struck me as either a noun
referring to a period of time, or a weather-denoting adjective (cf. "'twas hot
today").  It is in fact a noun referring to a time of day, specifically the time
right before supper when people begin broiling things ("brillig" is a
mock-Anglo-Saxon derivative of "broil").

Matt.