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From: keo@netcom.com (Kyle Elisabeth Overstreet)
Subject: Re: The Bible of Usenet *may* be changing its name...
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Klaus Weide (kweide@rainbow.uchicago.edu) wrote:

: >The Bible of Usenet was originally called "USENET Bible."
: >Some one then e-mailed me saying the name was confusing; he
: >thought it meant USENET's *Holy* Bible.  I agreed with him
: >and I changed the name to "Bible of Usenet."   Which is
: >clearer, or so I thought.   I then latter got some e-mail
: >from else saying that name is confusing and I should
: [deleted]

: As a compromise between not changing at all (for convenience, and
: because you like the current name) and getting rid of the word "bible"
: (to avoid confusion):
: call it
:   USENET "Bible"
: or
:  "Bible" of Usenet,

A better term: The Usenet Concordance.

