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Re: orion How did the MMT get its name?





On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 JACOBS@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU wrote:

> The whole process of coming up with names for documents when
> we don't know what the authors called them is interesting.  If not
> chosen carefully, it is easy to create a very false impression of
> the text's contents and possible purpose.


I wanted to mention - it's more than not knowing what the authors called
those text. In fact, it's quite doubtful that the custom itself of giving
texts "names" existed at that point.


	Regards,	Asia Lerner