What's in a Name?

`The name of the song is called `Haddocks' Eyes' '

`Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?' Alice said, trying to feel interested.

`No, you don't understand,' the Knight said, looking a little vexed. `That's what the name is called. The name really is `The Aged Aged Man.' '

`Then I ought to have said `That's what the song is called?' Alice corrected herself.

`No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The song is called `Ways and Means': but that's only what it's called, you know!'

`Well, what is the song, then?' said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.

`I was coming to that,' the Knight said. `The song really is `A-sitting On A Gate': and the tune's my own invention.'


Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass

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