> If you multiply in base 18
Why would anyone be expected to multiply in base 18? Why 18? Where does it come from?
Why would anyone be expected to multiply in base 18? Why 18? Where does it come from?
4*5 = 12 is either wrong or base 18
(I definitely didn't get this until I read the rest of the comments here. This is apparently explained in The Annotated Alice.)
At least that mathematical interpretation does hold up logically all the way to the punch line (even if the interpretation wasn't obviously intended by Carroll). The following section on the Tea Party is just nonsensical slop.