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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 85.1 | | METEOR::CALLAS | | Mon Jul 01 1985 20:41 | 3 |
| Umm, to help hide the coffee/tea stains?
Jon
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| 85.2 | | LATOUR::JMUNZER | | Wed Jul 03 1985 00:33 | 1 |
| ...or lexicogravy
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| 85.3 | | BERGIL::WIX | | Fri Aug 16 1985 20:17 | 6 |
| Unlike gilding I believe it is purely decorative. It is done for the same
reason that end papers are decorated. As an aside paperback books are dyed
yellow or red or whatever to disguise the fact that they are often printed
on wildly differing lots of paper.
Jack Wickwire
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| 85.4 | | SPUD::SCHARMANN | Computer Freek - Beware | Thu Mar 17 1988 19:18 | 8 |
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RE: .0
Actually, the colored edges or spots on the sides or edges of books
is to protect then from getting damaged. Many books are coated on
the sides and edges with a gold or colored finish. It is to protect
the pages.
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| 85.5 | | BEING::POSTPISCHIL | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Tue Feb 14 1989 02:32 | 7 |
| Okay, the definitive answer from Merriam-Webster is "The edges of our
dictionaries are speckled chiefly so that they will not show the
effects of use and of dust as much as plain paper would. We fondly
hope the owners of our dictionaries give them plenty of use.".
-- edp
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