Re: Suggestive nonsense (was: K-Rad)

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:28:20AM -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
> > > 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?)
> >
> > That's what Humpty Dumpty says, and it's possible, but I think a naive
> > hearer would assign Adjective instead.
>
> I always thought it was a kind of weather, something like a bright sunny
> day.  But, a noun certainly fits as well.
Same here. Brilliant is the real English adjective that it always makes me
think of, as in a bright day.

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