January 8th, 2023 at 7:08PM

averyterrible:

As this poem is to some extent connected with the lay of the Jabberwock, let me take this opportunity of answering a question that has often been asked me, how to pronounce “slithy toves.” The “i” in “slithy” is long, as in “writhe”; and “toves” is pronounced so as to rhyme with “groves.” Again, the first “o” in “borogoves” is pronounced like the “o” in “borrow.” I have heard people try to give it the sound of the “o” in “worry.” Such is Human Perversity.


i read the preface to The Hunting of the Snark as a child, and the phrase “Such is Human Perversity” has been stuck in my head forever since

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98 notes #i got so worried that i had been saying it wrong but i wasn’t I’ve only said it perfect#i loooved through the looking glass i had a beautiful annotated copy as a kid#i have the jabberwocky memorized btw. not sure if that’s a brag or a self own
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