Wordplay in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

[iad58]

First-degree wordplay:

1. [II] a great girl like you ~ (she might well say this)
   
2. [II] being drowned in my own tears ~ [figuratively]
   
3. [III] This is the driest thing I know. ~ [unwet]
   
4. [III] found it advisable ~ to go with Edgar Atheling
   
5. [III] Mine is a long and a sad tale! ~ It IS a long tail, certainly
   
6. [III] I had NOT! ~ A knot!
   
7. [III] an old Crab took the opportunity ~ [grouchy person]
   
8. [IV] W[hite] Rabbit ~ W[hatever given name] Rabbit
   
9. [IV] when I grow up ~ but I'm grown up now
   
10. [IV] Pat: Digging for apples ~ [potatoes]
    
11. [V] Explain yourself! ~ I can't explain MYSELF […] I'm not myself
    
12. [VI] to turn round on its axis ~ Talking of axes, […] chop off her head!
    
13. [VI] if one only knew the right way to change them ~ [diapers]
    
14. [VI] To begin with, a dog's not mad ~ assume all dogs are sane // take a non-rabid dog
    
15. [VII] it stays the same year for such a long time together ~ Which is just the case with MINE
    
16. [VII] I dare say you've never spoken to Time ~ [with a time limit]
    
17. [VII] I know I have to beat time when I learn music ~ He won't stand beating
    
18. [VII] He's murdering the time! ~ Off with his head!
    
19. [VII] three little sisters ~ three Liddell sisters
    
20. [VII] I've had nothing yet, so I can't take more ~ You mean you can't take LESS
    
21. [VII] treacle-well ~ [medicinal well]
    
22. [VII] I dare say there may be ONE ~ One, indeed!
    
23. [VII] they were learning to draw ~ you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well
    
24. [VII] But they were IN the well ~ well in
    
25. [VII] I don't think ~ Then you shouldn't talk
    
26. [VIII] spades ~ gardeners (Tenniel)
    
27. [VIII] clubs ~ soldiers
    
28. [VIII] diamonds ~ courtiers
    
29. [VIII] King ~ he-monarch
    
30. [VIII] Queen ~ she-monarch
    
31. [VIII] Are their heads off? ~ Their heads are gone
    
32. [IX] flamingoes and mustard both bite ~ [pungent]
    
33. [IX] The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours ~ a large mustard-mine
    
34. [IX] either you or your head must be off ~ [go // fall]
    
35. [IX] We called him Tortoise ~ because he taught us
    
36. [IX] I never said I didn't ~ You did
    
37. [IX] we went to school every day ~ I'VE been to a day-school, too
    
38. [IX] He was an old crab, HE was. ~ [grouchy person]
    
39. [IX] they're called lessons ~ because they lessen from day to day
    
40. [X] They're done with blacking, I believe ~ Boots and shoes under the sea […] are done with whiting
    
41. [X] Soles and eels ~ [soles and heels]
    
42. [X] With what porpoise? ~ Don't you mean “purpose”?
    
43. [XI] Knave ~ rogue
    
44. [XI] Take off your hat ~ the one you are wearing // the one you own
    
45. [XI] the twinkling of the tea— // It began with the tea ~ Of course twinkling begins with a T!
    
46. [XI] I'm a poor man ~ You're a very poor speaker
    
47. [XI] you may stand down ~ you may SIT down
    
48. [XII] Before she had this fit ~ the words don't fit you

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Second-degree wordplay:

1. [1] Antipathies ~ [Antipodes]
   
2. [1] Do cats eat bats? ~ Do bats eat cats?
   
3. [1] Oh my ears and whiskers ~ Oh my eyes
   
4. [II] — Curiouser and curiouser! ~ more curious
   
5. [II] O Mouse ~ vocative
   
6. [III] caucus-race ~ in a sort of circle
   
7. [IV] The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill ~ [parliament]
   
8. [IV] Oh my dear paws ~ Oh my eyes
   
9. [IV] Oh my fur and whiskers ~ Oh my eyes
   
10. [IV] as sure as ferrets are ferrets ~ as eggs are eggs
    
11. [VI] Did you say pig ~ or fig?
    
12. [VII] you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM ~ [Time]
    
13. [VII] and muchness—[…] a drawing of a muchness ~ you know you say things are “much of a muchness”
    
14. [IX] Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves ~ pence, pounds
    
15. [IX] Birds of a feather flock together ~ [flamingoes and mustard]
    
16. [IX] Mock Turtle ~ mock [turtle soup]
    
17. [IX] Reeling and Writhing ~ Reading and Writing
    
18. [IX] Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision ~ Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
    
19. [IX] Uglification // Never heard of uglifying! ~ You know what to beautify is, I suppose?
    
20. [IX] Mystery ~ History
    
21. [IX] Seaography ~ Geography
    
22. [IX] Drawling, Stretching and Fainting in Coils ~ Drawing, Sketching and Painting in Oils
    
23. [IX] Laughing and Grief ~ Latin and Greek
    
24. [X] I've often seen them at dinn— ~ I don't know where Dinn may be

Comments

кстати

[burrru.livejournal.com]

Иудейскую притчу про хромого и слепого Вы знаете?

Re: кстати

[iad.livejournal.com]

Вроде нет.

[stop-by.livejournal.com]

спасибо!
очень ценно :)

[burrru.livejournal.com]

Вас должно порадовать - мало кто еще так понимает межязыковые нюансы
http://a-feigin.livejournal.com/75790.html

[mashaaaa.livejournal.com]

спасибо! про [mock [turtle soup]] я раньше не знала или не понимала.
а можешь пояснить про spades ~ gardeners?

[iad.livejournal.com]

Ну как же, это такой классический (то есть классный) синтаксический каламбур: mock turtle soup на самом деле [mock [turtle soup]], а у Кэрролла переразбирается как [[mock turtle] soup].

В отличие от других трех мастей, пиковая в тексте не упоминается, но Тенниел нарисовал садовников в виде двойки, пятерки и семерки пик, подразумевая каламбур: spade — орудие труда садовника, а также карточная масть. В переводах с пиками (вместо дубинок, clubs которые) часто выступают солдаты, что хорошо, пока читатель не увидит Тенниелову иллюстрацию.