From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2015-04-16 19:56:01 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > on 04/15/2015, John W Kennedy supposed :   
   >> On 2015-04-15 07:28:55 +0000, Kay Shapero said:   
   >>   
   >>> In article , mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What's the worst you can come up with?   
   >>>   
   >>> "Book".. though come to think of it there's one of those out there,   
   >>> though the title isn't in English, and it seems to be quite popular. :)   
   >>   
   >> "The Book" actually, mediated through a language with no definite article.   
   >   
   > I think that Talmud means instruction, and Quran means readings.  So I   
   > guess its typical for the genre, like a book with a spaceship or a   
   > dragon on the cover.   
      
   The very concept of a title as a permanent and intrinsic component of a   
   literary work, part of the author's creation, is a modern one. "The One   
   about Troy", "The One about Odysseus", "The One about Aeneas".... Even   
   in Shakespeare's day, the concept of a "title" was still rather   
   loosey-goosey -- something you scribbled on the first page so you could   
   find the ms. again.   
      
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