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It's Not Just People on ebay
"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... R. Totale wrote: "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote: I am amazed on the number of people whose listings show up on bookfinder.com who think that "signed" means that the owner has written his name on the inside of the front cover. To be fair I think (at least in ABE's case) that the culprit is lousy software which sets a flag for "signed" if words like signature, inscribed or signed show up anywhere in the description, whether it was the author or your Granny who doodled in the book. Jinx! I was going to say the same thing Kris |
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"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... fvndoc wrote: HTH. Nope. Totally unhelpful. As always. Nice to know there are some things I can count in this fickle world. --Jon Meyers Hey, we got it to nymshift! Who gets the points this time? Kris |
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"fvndoc" wrote: Amateur seller is an oxymoron. Only technically, As opposed to which? As opposed to phrases that do not communicate effectively. Everyone knows what "amateur seller" means -- it communicates quick effectively. And since the function of language is to communicate, the phrase does quite well. The gibberish paragraph you wrote, on the other hand, does NOT communicate effectively and therefore has little value in terms of language (except, perhaps, to amuse you as the writer -- which is quite valid in itself, of course). |
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It's Not Just People on ebay
Jon Meyers wrote:
Evelyn C. Leeper wrote: I am amazed on the number of people whose listings show up on bookfinder.com who think that "signed" means that the owner has written his name on the inside of the front cover. I've always thought that, at ABE at least, those listings show up as a result of ABE's own search protocol, which picks up as a "signed book" any description than includes "signed", "signature", "inscribed", or "inscription". So you'll end up with results that include books described as having a "non-authorial inscription" or "previous owner's signature", not because the lister is an idiot, but because the search program is. I will take heart in this theory. As with Thomas Hardy's oxen, I will "go with [it] in the gloom / Hoping it might be so." [http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/The_Oxen.htm] -- Evelyn C. Leeper Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going. -Tennessee Williams |
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R. Totale wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:04:03 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote: I am amazed on the number of people whose listings show up on bookfinder.com who think that "signed" means that the owner has written his name on the inside of the front cover. To be fair I think (at least in ABE's case) that the culprit is lousy software which sets a flag for "signed" if words like signature, inscribed or signed show up anywhere in the description, whether it was the author or your Granny who doodled in the book. Ditto for bookfinder. And really, it does the best it can. I'd rather wade through false positives than have allegedly smart software culling things. |
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