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In compiling this encyclopaedia bold type
was employed to signify each new entry, italics were employed to
highlight names in the text, and Italians were employed to provide the ice
cream. Names of people are listed Christian name first, then surname, rather
than surname followed by Christian name, as in most other encyclopaedias. For
example the ex-Chicago Bears quarter-back Hatter Brown appears under 'H'
as Hatter Brown, rather than under 'B' as Brown Hatter. Although by all
accounts he probably was one.The reason for this is that the compiler of the
encyclopaedia feels that listing a person's Christian name before their surname
assists clarity and continuity. More importantly it allows him to make jokes
like the one above, and the Bob Tway joke. |
