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minus-square@spittingimagelinkEnglish7•4 months agoCould have been. I know Lewis Carroll liked to lampoon issues of the day in his writing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoI’m kind of guessing the mad as a hatter phenomenon was known then, but don’t really know.
minus-square@SPRUNTlinkEnglish4•4 months agoI think the original idiom was “mad as a hatter” which was eventually shortened to “mad hatter”, possibly due to the Alice in Wonderland character.
Is this the origin story of The Mad Hatter? 🙄
Could have been. I know Lewis Carroll liked to lampoon issues of the day in his writing.
I’m kind of guessing the mad as a hatter phenomenon was known then, but don’t really know.
I think the original idiom was “mad as a hatter” which was eventually shortened to “mad hatter”, possibly due to the Alice in Wonderland character.