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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >