Alice’s Stupendous Solecism…

Have you read “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll?

This famous story tells of the puzzling series of events that occur when a young girl named Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole.

Struck by the oddness of the experience, Alice momentarily forgets the rules of grammar and proclaims herself: “Curiouser and curiouser!”

Over the years, this solecism (see definition and hear pronunciation below) has become a way to allude to topsy-turvy events.

So, anytime you hear the phrase “curiouser and curiouser,” it may be referring to something so odd that the speaker can’t even remember proper grammar!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you think of any solecisms that you’ve heard in everyday speech?

Solecism: A grammatical mistake in speech or writing; a social blunder.

Click to hear the pronunciation of solecism:

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