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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cheshire Cat #31317 06/06/2001 4:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India kummini stranger kummini stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India Hello, I was told that one possible way the expression `Cheshire Cat' could have come is from a picture of a grinning cat drawn in front of cheese-packets made in Cheshire, and that there are many other explanations for that term. Any idea what they are? Manoj Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cheshire Cat #31318 06/06/2001 8:32 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin This may just confuse you more, but here's what inselpeter, of Troy and others had to say: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=22499&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post22499 Alternatively, you could read 'Alice in Wonderland' (Carroll) and try to explain to us what you believe the grinning cat to be. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cheshire Cat #31319 06/07/2001 3:56 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India kummini stranger kummini stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India belligerentyouth wrote: Alternatively, you could read 'Alice in Wonderland' (Carroll) and try to explain to us what you believe the grinning cat to be. I got this doubt when I was reading Carroll. After `Alice in W'land' I moved on to `Through the Looking Glass', when I felt that there must have been reference to the grinning of C. Cat even before his time. Most of his characters are `reincarnations' popular rhyme characters. I felt that the actual Alice, to whom Carroll was telling the story probably had some funny idea of C. Cat, which Carroll `exploited' in the story. I would hate to believe that C. Cat could not grin, and that Carroll meant that nothing at all remained of it when it disappeared except for its grin, as was suggestedd in the prev. thread on this topic. Regards, Manoj. Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cheshire Cat #31320 06/07/2001 10:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > there must have been reference to the grinning of C. Cat even before his time Indeed there was .. see the end of the linked thead I thought it was summed up quite well in the thread, kummini. We now know that Mr. Carroll's use of the infamous cat could be due to anything from some Irish cheese's shape, to a childhood memory; perhaps a carefully crafted and profound meta isis, or a mixture of all of the above... His cat character has certainly long mystified readers, I guess ideally leaving them as perplexed as the sweet little protagonist. Be harmoniously confused, I know I am. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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