In case you were curious what we did in that week in Florence:
http://publishinglexicon.wikispaces.com/
A group of students from five countries got together to discuss what words we use when we talk about publishing. The results were fascinating.
Did you know Italians have hundreds of different words for different types of children's books? And that there is a unique word just for pop-up books? For textured books? For cardboard books?
Did you know that the French googliser and twitter, but insisted on creating a new word for "digital books"?
Did you know that the german word for Search Engine Optimisation, which we abbreviate as SEO, is Suchmaschinenoptimierung? (They abbreviate it as SEO sometimes, too. I wonder why.)
Did you know any words in Slovenian?
You do now!
http://publishinglexicon.wikispaces.com/
A group of students from five countries got together to discuss what words we use when we talk about publishing. The results were fascinating.
Did you know Italians have hundreds of different words for different types of children's books? And that there is a unique word just for pop-up books? For textured books? For cardboard books?
Did you know that the French googliser and twitter, but insisted on creating a new word for "digital books"?
Did you know that the german word for Search Engine Optimisation, which we abbreviate as SEO, is Suchmaschinenoptimierung? (They abbreviate it as SEO sometimes, too. I wonder why.)
Did you know any words in Slovenian?
You do now!
No comments:
Post a Comment