Comments for Turtle Reader » Around the World in Eighty Days http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 41 of 87 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-41-of-93/#comment-209 ScottS-M Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:03:39 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-41-of-93/#comment-209 I'm not used to talking about boats in tons. Google turned up <a href="http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/Mines/MineGal/PA-boat.jpg" rel="nofollow">a picture of a 15-20 ton Navy boat</a> from the 1940's on a <a href=http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/Background/background.htm" rel="nofollow">site about the Finnish Navy</a>. I’m not used to talking about boats in tons. Google turned up a picture of a 15-20 ton Navy boat from the 1940’s on a site about the Finnish Navy.

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 34 of 87 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-34-of-93/#comment-208 ScottS-M Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:00:54 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-34-of-93/#comment-208 <blockquote>consigned all who were connected with the ship to the land where the pepper grows</blockquote> I wonder what that is supposed to mean? I suppose it's some form of insult but google only came up with this book.

consigned all who were connected with the ship to the land where the pepper grows

I wonder what that is supposed to mean? I suppose it’s some form of insult but google only came up with this book.

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 33 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-33-of-93/#comment-207 TurtleReader Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:52:48 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-33-of-93/#comment-207 <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=singapore&z=4&om=1" rel="nofollow">Google map of Singapore</a> Google map of Singapore

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 27 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-27-of-93/#comment-206 TurtleReader Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:57:16 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-27-of-93/#comment-206 <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=calcutta+india&z=4&om=1" rel="nofollow">Google map of Calcutta</a> Google map of Calcutta

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 26 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-26-of-93/#comment-205 TurtleReader Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:51:20 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-26-of-93/#comment-205 <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Allahabad+india&z=4&om=1" rel="nofollow">Google map of Allahabad</a> Google map of Allahabad

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 24 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-24-of-93/#comment-204 TurtleReader Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:39:44 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-24-of-93/#comment-204 <dl><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Ever+and+anon" rel="nofollow">ever and anon</a><dt></dt> <dd>now and then</dd></dl> I've never heard that saying before. ever and anon
now and then

I’ve never heard that saying before.

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 22 of 87 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-22-of-93/#comment-203 ScottS-M Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:27:34 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-22-of-93/#comment-203 <blockquote>“Why, you are a man of heart!” “Sometimes,” replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; “when I have the time.”</blockquote> Sounds like it's right out of a Eastwood antihero western.

“Why, you are a man of heart!”
“Sometimes,” replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; “when I have the time.”

Sounds like it’s right out of a Eastwood antihero western.

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 21 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-21-of-93/#comment-202 TurtleReader Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-21-of-93/#comment-202 <blockquote>richly caparisoned zebus</blockquote> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebu" rel="nofollow">Zebu</a> are cows <q>with humps, large dewlaps and droopy ears. They have more sweat glands than European cattle (Bos taurus). They handle hot, humid climates well and have pest resistances not seen in European cattle.</q> <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/caparison" rel="nofollow">caparison</a></dt> <dd>To outfit (a horse) with an ornamental covering.</dd></dl>

richly caparisoned zebus

Zebu are cows with humps, large dewlaps and droopy ears. They have more sweat glands than European cattle (Bos taurus). They handle hot, humid climates well and have pest resistances not seen in European cattle.

caparison
To outfit (a horse) with an ornamental covering.
]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 18 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-18-of-93/#comment-198 TurtleReader Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:38:17 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-18-of-93/#comment-198 <blockquote>It was thereabouts that Feringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stranglers, held his sway.</blockquote> <a href="" rel="nofollow">Thuggee</a> are the origin of the word "thug".

It was thereabouts that Feringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stranglers, held his sway.

Thuggee are the origin of the word “thug”.

]]> Comment on Around the World in Eighty Days - Day 15 of 87 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-15-of-93/#comment-194 TurtleReader Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:10:36 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-day-15-of-93/#comment-194 Wikipedia has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsular_Railway" rel="nofollow">map of the rail route</a>. <dl><dt>hypogea</dt><dd>A subterranean chamber of an ancient building (plural)</dd></dl> Wikipedia has a map of the rail route.

hypogea
A subterranean chamber of an ancient building (plural)
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