Fw: forked tongues

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Feb 18 18:25:10 EST 2000


On Thu 17 Feb 2000 (18:17:49), polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
> This may retain the parallelism, however, I think it is somewhat
> inaccurate.   Double-talk generally has a connotation of nonsense. 
> What is sought is  something to signify dishonesty.

 I missed the original query and responses. Isn't the forked tongue the
 characteristic of the venomous snake?  Like the serpent in the Garden of 
Eden?  A liar and a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). Polycarp
 was a pupil of St John, was he not?

 Just my $0.02

 Ben
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