I read it in the phonetic & substituted "choir" in my head...
-Aaron
:-)'
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Janet Hill
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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] OCLC's proposed policy on record use - my two cents worth
So sorry for this off-topic response, but being a word person, I just have
to ask:
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[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
I'm preaching to the quire, but the response to this is:
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Was the use of "quire" intentional? (a quire is a group of 24 sheets of
paper, ... and is a term used in printing and bookmaking. It's also an
archaic spelling of "choir") ..... was this a bit of word play to denote
archaic outlooks and/or continued thinking in terms of printed books?). It
certainly caught my attention ....
Janet Swan Hill, Professor
Associate Director for Technical Services
University of Colorado Libraries, CB184
Boulder, CO 80309
janet.hill_at_colorado.edu
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Tradition is the handing-on of Fire, and not the worship of Ashes.
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