| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 85.1 | | METEOR::CALLAS | | Mon Jul 01 1985 17:41 | 3 |
| Umm, to help hide the coffee/tea stains?
Jon
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| 85.2 | | LATOUR::JMUNZER | | Tue Jul 02 1985 21:33 | 1 |
| ...or lexicogravy
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| 85.3 | | BERGIL::WIX | | Fri Aug 16 1985 17:17 | 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 16:18 | 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. | Mon Feb 13 1989 23:32 | 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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