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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009A Library-lover's Photo Feast
Most language-lovers are book-lovers, and most book-lovers are library- lovers. In that spirit, I share the following.... While browsing the web, I stumbled upon this remarkable collection of photos taken inside various great libraries of the world. Some of them are truly stunning! Here's the text introduction: === begin quoted text === Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it’s abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library.... === end quoted text === Ah, a kindred spirit! Here's the photo collection -- I hope you enjoy it... http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78 Absolutely delightful, like a dreamy meditation .... -- Brett (in Berkeley, California, USA) http://www.100bestwebsites.org/ "The 100 finest sites on the Web, all in one place!" Widely-watched non-profit ranking of top Internet sites Berkeley Brett <RoyalOui@gmail.com> Whose moving finger wrote, and cheerfully Clicked "Send" to wing the words below to me, Is powerless to cancel half a line: 'Tis stored on Google sempiternally. >Most language-lovers are book-lovers, and most book-lovers are library- >lovers. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Absolutely delightful, like a dreamy meditation .... Lovely pictures, but I must object to the word "librophiliac", which I presume is supposed to mean "library lover". If anything it would mean "book lover", but then it should be "libriphiliac" if you allow this combination of Latin and Greek. The word for a book lover is "bibliophile" so for library lover I suggest "bibliothecaphile".  SignatureJames > Lovely pictures, but I must object to the word "librophiliac", > which I presume is supposed to mean "library lover". If anything > it would mean "book lover", but then it should be "libriphiliac" > if you allow this combination of Latin and Greek. If any of the pages are stuck together, I'm not going to lend you any more of my books. SignatureLeila: "I don't think he knows." Agent Rogersz: "Increase the voltage." Leila: "What if he's innocent?" Agent Rogersz: "No one is innocent. Proceed" (Cox 1984) Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> Whose moving finger wrote, and cheerfully Clicked "Send" to wing the words below to me, Is powerless to cancel half a line: 'Tis stored on Google sempiternally. >> Lovely pictures, but I must object to the word "librophiliac", >> which I presume is supposed to mean "library lover". If anything [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >If any of the pages are stuck together, I'm not going to lend you any >more of my books. Given enough time, I might come up with a spontaneous witty reply to that. SignatureJames > While browsing the web, I stumbled upon this remarkable collection of > photos taken inside various great libraries of the world. Some of > them are truly stunning! . . . > > http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78 On the same page "Jessica" commented in 2007: "I have made a request that after I die I be cremated, the ashes finely ground and that I be deposited in the cracks of the floor of the Long Room at Trinity College in Dublin. Since I am pretty sure the Library would not approve, I am suggesting to my friends that they take a page from all those WWII tunnel escape movies, and sift me through the floor from special pockets in their slacks. OK, not likely to happen, but I cannot think of a better place to spend eternity than a library…" SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Most language-lovers are book-lovers, and most book-lovers are library- lovers. In that spirit, I share the following.... While browsing the web, I stumbled upon this remarkable collection of photos taken inside various great libraries of the world. Some of them are truly stunning! I've been in 3 of them The Boston Public Library in Copley Sq [{incorrectly called the Boston Copley in the caption} The Boston Atheneum and the Library of Congress. It seems libraries will have to be added to the list of places to visit when travelling. Thank you, Raymond. Does the Boston Public Library in Copley Square actually look as vast as that photo makes it out to be? Quite a photo! -- Brett (in Berkeley, California, USA) http://www.100bestwebsites.org/ "The 100 finest sites on the Web, all in one place!" Widely-watched non-profit ranking of top Internet sites > Thank you, Raymond. > > Does the Boston Public Library in Copley Square actually look as vast > as that photo makes it out to be? > > Quite a photo! Actually it's much larger than the picture shows, that is just one wing. |
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