
Despite all his success as a painter and illustrator, Edward Lear felt like an outcast in respectable British society. He wrote in his diary:
"Nothing I long for half so much as to giggle heartily and to hop on one leg ... but I dare not."
and now for something completely different... Inflationary Language--watch the clip on my
Tumblr blog--and try your hand at some inflationary language of your own.