Etenne: Etenne moved page Talk:Books to Talk:Book

2015-03-25T13:05:44Z

Etenne moved page Talk:Books to Talk:Book

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User4: Created page with "Perhaps I should explain the logic for this entry. While the word "literature" has a much finer pedigree than "book" (literature comes from the Middle English [in the sense ..."

2015-02-28T05:15:26Z

Created page with "Perhaps I should explain the logic for this entry. While the word "literature" has a much finer pedigree than "book" (literature comes from the Middle English [in the sense ..."

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Perhaps I should explain the logic for this entry.

While the word "literature" has a much finer pedigree than "book" (literature comes from the Middle English [in the sense 'knowledge of books']: via French from the Latin ''litteratura,'' from ''littera''), while the word "book" is quick-and-dirty anglo-saxon (from the Old English ''boc,'' ''bocian'' 'to grant by charter', of Germanic origin).

I suspect that "book" comes to mind more easily to the average person when pondering printed publications than does "literature". Just as "fuck" does, rather than "coitus"

The reason for including the additional categories is to ''simplify'' the visitor's search. By including them, he can then go ''directly'' to the category he desires, without having to wait to load another page -- literature-- then having to take the time to digest the information on that page.

It's about making it fast, easy, clear, and convenient for the visitor, which I profess to be laudable -- or, rather, perhaps I should say: ''I think is just a really good idea.'' [[User:User4|User4]] ([[User talk:User4|talk]]) 05:15, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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Etenne: Etenne moved page Talk:Books to Talk:Book

User4: Created page with "Perhaps I should explain the logic for this entry. While the word "literature" has a much finer pedigree than "book" (literature comes from the Middle English [in the sense ..."