8.0337 Qs: Meta; Cliche; Baker; Programming Langs (4/75)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 1 Dec 1994 09:04:05 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0337. Thursday, 1 Dec 1994.


(1) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 08:30:20 -0500 (23 lines)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: meta-text?

(2) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:33:03 -0500 (EST) (17 lines)
From: RIVR@ccmail.sunysb.edu
Subject: cliche

(3) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 10:05:23 -0500 (19 lines)
From: Tzvee Zahavy <maic@maroon.tc.umn.edu> (Professor Tzvee Zahavy)
Subject: Baker story

(4) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 10:20:01 +0100 (16 lines)
From: Marco Simionato <simionat@unive.it>
Subject: Computer-aided programming courses

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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 08:30:20 -0500
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: meta-text?

It is interesting to me that although the OED 2nd edn. recognizes that the
prefix "meta-" is "Prefixed to various classificatory words to designate
concern with the ulterior or underlying principles peculiar to that
classification, as metacriterion, metacriticism, (hence metacritical adj.,
-ally adv.)" (s.v. meta- prefix 1b), it cites no instances of "meta-text" or
"metatext". I would be very grateful if any Humanist could cite occurrences
of my verbum desideratum -- other than in this note!

Thanks.

WM


Willard McCarty
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
University of Toronto
mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca


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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:33:03 -0500 (EST)
From: RIVR@ccmail.sunysb.edu
Subject: cliche

I am a reference librarian hoping that a reader of this list may be able to
help me with a question. A library patron found the term "the tie that binds"
in an English translation of Aristophanes' THE FROGS. This brought to mind the
protestant hymn "Jesus is the Tie that Binds" by John Fawcett. Patron wants to
know the history of this saying. I have tried the quotation books, the Bible
Concordances, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (current and penultimate
editions). Is the phrase "the tie that binds" an allusion, or merely a cliche?

Please e-mail me directly, if it's not an inconvenience, and thanks for your
help.

Edana McCaffery Cichanowicz
rivr@ccmail.sunysb.edu
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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 10:05:23 -0500
From: Tzvee Zahavy <maic@maroon.tc.umn.edu> (Professor Tzvee Zahavy)
Subject: Baker story

A friend asked me for the source of the story of the baker
who wanted to charge the town for the aroma of his baking
and the rabbi collected the money and paid him by letting him
hear the jingling of the coins. I thought this was a Yiddish
short story that might have earlier antecedents in the Midrash.
Any help on locating the sources would be appreciated. Thanks.


Professor Tzvee Zahavy
University of Minnesota
2717 Lynn Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55416
612-920-4263
Fax: 612-920-2559

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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 10:20:01 +0100
From: Marco Simionato <simionat@unive.it>
Subject: Computer-aided programming courses

I would like to know if programming courses are available in electronic
format - something like CALL (computer-aided language learning) programs.
In Italy there is a series I know of for TurboPascal, Clipper and C++.
Perhaps in English there might be something better.
If I get a good response to my query, I will summarise.
Thanks.

Marco Simionato
Dorsoduro 2408/b
30123 Venezia, ITALY
tel/fax 39 41 5225570
simionat@unive.it