Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!tove!dsn From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: Turtle time Message-ID: <318@tove.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 18:42:31 EDT Article-I.D.: tove.318 Posted: Mon Aug 12 18:42:31 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 02:14:29 EDT References: <1082@cbdkc1.UUCP> <517@ih1ap.UUCP> <316@tove.UUCP> <237@gymble.UUCP> Reply-To: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 15 In article <237@gymble.UUCP> fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder) writes: > >A terrapin is NOT a turtle, which is NOT a tortoise, and should NOT be >confused with a mock turtle, nor confused by a sheep in turtle's clothing. > >I hope I have made myself perfectly clear. terrapin, n. [< Algonquian], 1. any of various fresh-water or tidewater turtles. 2. its edible flesh. -- from Webster's New World Dictionary -- Dana S. Nau, Comp Sci Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 dsn@maryland seismo!umcp-cs!dsn (301) 454-7932