tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post2375818799450792424..comments2024-03-19T01:45:29.978+00:00Comments on feeling listless: "Ah, you must be very beautiful then." -- Belle De Jour, from first blog entryStuart Ian Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-38317770596489014222010-01-22T01:40:04.468+00:002010-01-22T01:40:04.468+00:00Stuart, by now you've found the calm. I'll...Stuart, by now you've found the calm. I'll join you there.LaValle Linnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056523295882982732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-24495610555612940862007-09-18T09:41:00.000+00:002007-09-18T09:41:00.000+00:00Yes, I know -- that's what I'm saying -- you're pr...Yes, I know -- that's what I'm saying -- you're preaching to the choir Anonymous -- but tell that to the good people at ...<BR/><BR/>http://www.basedonthebook.com/<BR/><BR/>... which is wrong, wrong, wrong.<BR/><BR/>Again -- I used the phrase as part of the main argument about using the word 'blogs' incorrectly in that they would never pluralise 'book' even though that's wrong and they use it too. <BR/><BR/>I could of course have said 'based on the novel by Jane Austen' but that tends to have less currency amongst marketeers despite its correctness and I was trying and apparently failing to be a bit humorous.<BR/><BR/>Unless you're just winding me up. Whoever you are.Stuart Ian Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-28091321187103454452007-09-18T08:28:00.000+00:002007-09-18T08:28:00.000+00:00No it isn't. Poems are published in books. Atlases...No it isn't. Poems are published in books. Atlases are books. The Thomas Cook European Train Timetable is a book.<BR/><BR/>Jane Austen wrote novels which were published in book form. Dickens's intially serialised his novels in a magazine so all novels are not automatically books.<BR/><BR/>A book is an item distinct from the literary form it might contain.<BR/><BR/>To be even more pedantic, in academic circles whatever you're studying is referred to as a text.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-13867692244224631782007-09-17T09:40:00.000+00:002007-09-17T09:40:00.000+00:00Posting late at night again...But I did use 'book'...Posting late at night again...<BR/><BR/>But I did use 'book' on purpose since generally in marketing parlance, 'book' is preferred instead of 'novel'. See this page about Masterpiece Theatre:<BR/><BR/>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/learningresources/fic_films.htmlStuart Ian Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-2137924134690724152007-09-17T07:53:00.000+00:002007-09-17T07:53:00.000+00:00Jesus Christ, it's Jane AustEn.And she wrote novel...Jesus Christ, it's Jane AustEn.<BR/><BR/>And she wrote novels not just books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com