Comments on: The Rise of the Footnote http://speechification.com/2008/04/02/the-rise-of-the-footnote/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chai wallah http://speechification.com/2008/04/02/the-rise-of-the-footnote/#comment-1397 chai wallah Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:15:24 +0000 http://speechification.com/2008/04/02/the-rise-of-the-footnote/#comment-1397 (excuse formatting: around the quotation I tried to use citation tags, which were stripped!) (excuse formatting: around the quotation I tried to use citation tags, which were stripped!)

]]> By: chai wallah http://speechification.com/2008/04/02/the-rise-of-the-footnote/#comment-1396 chai wallah Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:14:02 +0000 http://speechification.com/2008/04/02/the-rise-of-the-footnote/#comment-1396 light amusement, yes! This is what will stick with me, I think: the anticipatory pleasure of sensing with peripheral vision as they turn the page a grey silt of further example and qualification waiting in tiny type at the bottom — both charming and quite accurate. I'm certain I heard Mr Schott say “asterix”, though. Shame on you, sir! light amusement, yes! This is what will stick with me, I think: the anticipatory pleasure of sensing with peripheral vision as they turn the page a grey silt of further example and qualification waiting in tiny type at the bottom — both charming and quite accurate.

I’m certain I heard Mr Schott say “asterix”, though. Shame on you, sir!

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