Thanks, Faldage - I couldn't recall the Amnerican exponent of the art.

You are perfectly right, jheem - these are two different animals; related, perhaps, but as different looking as the giraffe and the okapi.

The link (and the polari!) were in response to Capfka's post.

FWIW, I find the Lear example totally tedious - as, indeed, I find quite a ;ot of Lear's work, with some notable exceptions. Carol, on the other hand, was more of a predecessor of Prof S.Unwin - it sounds sense, but is actually gibberish. (c.f. Jabberwocky - mentioned above)