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#23296
03/22/2001 3:09 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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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?
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#23297
03/22/2001 3:12 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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#23298
03/22/2001 3:15 PM
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veteran
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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.
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#23299
03/26/2001 3:36 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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heartfelt as digitalis
moving as castor
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