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Olga
"mirror" and "looking-glass". What's the difference?
Now I read "Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there" by Lewis Carrol and in this book used only word "looking-glass" and never "mirror". Also I read autobiography by Stephen Fry. He told what his school teacher was a language snob and didn't like when his students said "mirror" or 'radio', only "looking-glass" or "glass" and "wireless". What's difference between these words? Thank you.
2011年11月8日 04:29
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Looking-glass is a literary term and is almost never used in everyday speech, unless you're using idiomatic expressions.
2011年11月8日
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Looking glass is just another word for mirror. Your teacher may have just wanted you to use the terms the writers used
2011年11月8日
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