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Title: Podcast Readers (Not that kind)
Post by: davedoty on July 23, 2008, 07:38:27 AM

I was thinking about trying to put together a Romantic Reader from Librivox files, and it occurred to me that "reader," in the sense of a collection of various writings with a theme or connection, is probably not the ideal term.  What would one call such a collection?  I suppose I'm being pedantic and that it's probably permissable to continue using the term even though the usage has drifted from the etymology, but it seems like there ought to be a shiny new term.

Title: Re: Podcast Readers (Not that kind)
Post by: stePH on July 23, 2008, 01:06:17 PM

Quote from: davedoty on July 23, 2008, 07:38:27 AM

I was thinking about trying to put together a Romantic Reader from Librivox files, and it occurred to me that "reader," in the sense of a collection of various writings with a theme or connection, is probably not the ideal term.  What would one call such a collection?  I suppose I'm being pedantic and that it's probably permissable to continue using the term even though the usage has drifted from the etymology, but it seems like there ought to be a shiny new term.

"Anthology"?  "Collection"?  "Omnibus"?

Title: Re: Podcast Readers (Not that kind)
Post by: sirana on July 23, 2008, 02:03:10 PM

"Listener"?

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Title: Re: Podcast Readers (Not that kind)
Post by: Swamp on July 23, 2008, 02:39:37 PM

Call it "Romantic Rendevoux"