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* {{PP|1|5|2|a}} "getting the {{Ix|tel}} of the head"
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* {{PP|5|2|a}} "getting the {{Ix|tel}} of the head"
 
Riddley uses ''tel'' to mean a divination or prophecy; see {{Ix|connexion man}} and {{Ix|tel woman}}. Besides "tell," the word suggests ''telly'' or TV (an interpretation that was made literal in the peculiar Hoban homage of [[Related works#Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]).
 
Riddley uses ''tel'' to mean a divination or prophecy; see {{Ix|connexion man}} and {{Ix|tel woman}}. Besides "tell," the word suggests ''telly'' or TV (an interpretation that was made literal in the peculiar Hoban homage of [[Related works#Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]).
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Revision as of 16:38, 28 July 2013

  • (5:2) "getting the tel of the head"

Riddley uses tel to mean a divination or prophecy; see connexion man and tel woman. Besides "tell," the word suggests telly or TV (an interpretation that was made literal in the peculiar Hoban homage of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome).