ABSTRACT
In the winter of 1862, Edward Lear wrote the following letter to his friend Evelyn Baring:
Thrippsy pillivinx, Inky tinky pobblebockle abblesquabs? - Flosky! beebul
trimble flosky! - Okul scratchabibblebongibo, viddle squibble tog-a-tog, ferrymoyassity amsky flamsky ramsky damsky crocklefether squiggs.
