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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 346293, member: 5833"]This is how I always understood it, although some people are this way whether they are miserable or not. When Alice meets him, I would describe Humpty-Dumpty as contrary. (Is it him, the Caterpillar or Tweedledee/dum who uses the word 'contrariwise'?) When I think of it, most of the characters she meets in Wonderland could be described as contrary. She remarks to herself something about how people there like to contradict one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 346293, member: 5833"]This is how I always understood it, although some people are this way whether they are miserable or not. When Alice meets him, I would describe Humpty-Dumpty as contrary. (Is it him, the Caterpillar or Tweedledee/dum who uses the word 'contrariwise'?) When I think of it, most of the characters she meets in Wonderland could be described as contrary. She remarks to herself something about how people there like to contradict one.[/QUOTE]
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