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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: The flowers of spring, tra la #23296 03/22/2001 3:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear AnnaStrophic: "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land" Obviously turtles have no voices. I have seen that perhaps crocodiles do. What do you think the phrase meant? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The flowers of spring, tra la #23297 03/22/2001 3:12 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Turtle-dove? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The flowers of spring, tra la #23298 03/22/2001 3:15 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 The voice of the turtle "Turtle" as used by King James' translators is what we now call "turtle dove". This has been a source of wonderment and fun for a long time (the word must have been archaic the day the Authorized Version first appeared). Lewis Carroll was making fun on more than one level when he had the Mock Turtle singing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: More tralalations #23299 03/26/2001 3:36 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City heartfelt as digitalis moving as castor Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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