i have an ~18th century book that i'm tempted to destroy...

i just remembered that upstairs, somehwere in a box, i'm sure that i
have an 18th century book that i'd forgotten about for several
years... i don't remember what the book is or the exact date, i'd have
to dig it out, but i think it's from around the 1720s or earlier...

I also think it's in relatively good condition, actually, i remember
it being in extremely good condition considering how old it is; i've
barely touched it over the years.. it puzzles me how it's still there
despite all those years and decades and centuries and i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...

"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
i just remembered that upstairs, somehwere in a box, i'm sure that i
have an 18th century book that i'd forgotten about for several
years... i don't remember what the book is or the exact date, i'd have
to dig it out, but i think it's from around the 1720s or earlier...

I also think it's in relatively good condition, actually, i remember
it being in extremely good condition considering how old it is; i've
barely touched it over the years.. it puzzles me how it's still there
despite all those years and decades and centuries and i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...

I love that word "DESTORY", I think we should campaign for its inclusion
in the next Oxford Dictionary. It could be used for describing books that
have pages missing, or where text has been marked. Thanks so much for a
wonderful word Mike.

http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks

"michael adams" wrote...
"Mike Henley" wrote...

i just remembered that upstairs, somehwere in a box, i'm sure that i
have an 18th century book that i'd forgotten about...
[snip]...and i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...


Books are inanimate objects which are inacapable of feeling anything.


Maybe, but I once had a book with a bookworm in it, and the book looked
bored to me.

--
Jon Meyers
[To reply,
lose your way.]

"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
i just remembered that upstairs, somehwere in a box, i'm sure that i
have an 18th century book that i'd forgotten about for several
years... i don't remember what the book is or the exact date, i'd have
to dig it out, but i think it's from around the 1720s or earlier...

I also think it's in relatively good condition, actually, i remember
it being in extremely good condition considering how old it is; i've
barely touched it over the years.. it puzzles me how it's still there
despite all those years and decades and centuries and i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...

1720's?? Send it to me, and I'll adopt it for you until you get over your
bibliocidal feelings...

Huronia

In article ,
"Huronia" wrote:

bibliocidal

I like it!

Scot Kamins
--
Collecting the Modern Library 1917-1970
Modern Library Collecting Website at:
http://www.dogeared.com

"Scot Kamins" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Huronia" wrote:

bibliocidal

I like it!


Me too. I have learned two new words in this thread. And they are both now
among my favourites.

Destory
Bibliocidal



Nice.

How to make the guys that make Oxford's dictionary accept them?

--
Jon Fredrik Stuestoel

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:42:06 +0100, "Jon Fredrik Stuestoel"
wrote:

How to make the guys that make Oxford's dictionary accept them?

Just ask. They're surprisingly approachable (and the OWLs are
wonderful). My own contribution was in trying to get "metadata"
accepted.



--
Socialism: Eric, not Tony

"Diane" wrote in message ...

i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...



I love that word "DESTORY", I think we should campaign for its inclusion
in the next Oxford Dictionary. It could be used for describing books that
have pages missing, or where text has been marked. Thanks so much for a
wonderful word Mike.

http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/aaaworldofbooks

apparently, many people use it too...

http://gabeanderson.com/life/2002/11...nd_destory.php
http://www.petitiononline.com/BHeard1/petition.html "destory www.uglypeople.com"
http://comment.cio.com/comments/8551.html "Did IT Destory the World Economy"

"Jon Fredrik Stuestoel" wrote...
"Scot Kamins" wrote...
"Huronia" wrote:

bibliocidal

I like it!

Me too. I have learned two new words in this thread. And they are both now
among my favourites.

Destory
Bibliocidal
[snip]
How to make the guys that make Oxford's dictionary accept them?

I have a feeling that "bibliocidal," or "bibliocide," wouldn't make the
grade, except perhaps as an example of jocular usage under the entry
for -cide. This suffix is reserved for the killing of living things, which
a book is not (as noted earlier in this thread). There's already a
serviceable term for "the destruction of books": biblioclasm (on the model
of iconoclasm), making our OP a would-be biblioclast.

OTOH, Googling "bibliocide" brings up about 250 hits, showing that the term
is in use beyond this forum.

--
Jon Meyers
[To reply,
lose your way.]

Mike Henley wrote:

i just remembered that upstairs, somehwere in a box, i'm sure that i
have an 18th century book that i'd forgotten about for several
years... i don't remember what the book is or the exact date, i'd have
to dig it out, but i think it's from around the 1720s or earlier...

Sounds really great.

I also think it's in relatively good condition, actually, i remember
it being in extremely good condition considering how old it is; i've
barely touched it over the years

Sounding better all the time.

.. it puzzles me how it's still there
despite all those years and decades and centuries and i feel an
impulse to go upstairs, fetch it, and then ceremoniously destory it...

Wow! What a kick!

i wonder what it'd feel like afterwards...

Who cares? Just trash it.

Next, please!

--
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com