Re: Fun serial titles -- Laura Davis Stephen Clark 19 Sep 2002 16:19 UTC

-------- Original Message --------
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:08:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Laura Davis <ldavis@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Fun serial titles -- 3 messages

How about BJOG?  That's the latest title for the British Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Sounds like a small desk from Ikea.
--Laura Davis
   University of Washington
   Health Sciences Resources
   ldavis@u.washington.edu

 > 3 messages:
 >
 > 1)-------------------------------
 >
 > -------- Original Message --------
 > From: "Koveleskie, Judith" <kovelesk@setonhill.edu>
 > Subject: Funny Serials Titles
 > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:05:54 -0400
 >
 >
 > While we are on the subject of medical titles, how about JAMA?
Sounds like
 > something that pre-pubescent girls would wear at an overnight party.
 >
 > Judith A. Koveleskie
 > Periodicals Librarian
 > Seton Hill University
 > Reeves Memorial Library
 > Greensburg, PA 15601
 > 724-838-7828
 >
 >
 > 2)--------------------------
 > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:25:38 -0400 (EDT)
 > From: Nancy Burns <nburns@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
 > Subject: Re: Fun serials titles
 >
 >
 >         In addition to titles that are amusing in themselves, there
can be
 > curious juxtapositions of titles -- as when "Flying safety" and
 > "Icarus"(an astronomy journal) happened into my office at the same time.
 >
 >                                  Nancy Burns
 >                                  Cataloging Unit IV (Serials)
 >                                  Princeton University Library
 >                                  nburns@princeton.edu
 >
 >
 > 3)----------------------------
 > From: "Feustel, Carol (FEUSTECS)" <FEUSTECS@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>
 > Subject: RE: Fun serials titles -- 3 messages
 > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:00:32 -0400
 >
 >
 > Peter named my all-time favorite:  Disease-a-Month.  We have a really
 > sick but funny sales line we put with it; Join the Disease-a-Month Club!
 >   Your first month you get measles, second you receive chicken pox, the
 > third you receive the disease of your choice! Two-for-one special
 > expires at the end of the month.  Family plans available.  Call
 > "YOU'REOUTOFYOURMIND" for more information.
 > ------
 > Then there's  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
 > An innocent, respectable title EXCEPT most of our staff misreads the
 > title with a simple reading error.  They read   Journal of Health
Care for
 > the Poor and UNDESERVING Whiplash is a common problem when working with
 > this journal.:)
 >
 > Carol, the Journal Goddess
 >
 >                               One Nation Under God
 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 >                                Wise People Still Seek Him
 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 > Carol S. Feustel                              phone: 513-558-0179
 > Serials Specialist                            fax:      513-558-1709
 > Health Sciences Library                   email: carol.feustel@uc.edu
 > University of Cincinnati
 > MSB R101 Box 670574
 > 231 Albert Sabin Way
 > Cincinnati, OH  45267-0574
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