Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] FYI France : c ollective authors -- "Roger T. Pédauqu e"

["David J. Shaw" <djs@ZETNET.CO.UK>]

This author's name seems to be a obscure multi-lingual joke.

"Pédauque" is an uncommon medieval French word meaning "web-footed" 
(it's not in any of my standard dictionaries).
Its only use now is as an attribute of a medieval queen, who was accused 
of being a witch because she had webbed feet, and in the title of a 
novel by Anatole France, "La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque" (The 
Grill-house at the Sign of the Web-Footed Queen).

I can't think of any good internet-related reason why Mr Web-Foot's 
first names should be Roger T., but the surname is well-chosen.

David Shaw
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David J. Shaw
David@djshaw.co.uk and d.j.shaw@cerl.org
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Jack Kessler wrote:
> FYI France : collective authors -- "Roger T. Pédauque"
>
> A new book published by C&F éditions is intriguing as much for
> its procedures as for its substance:
>
> 	"Le Document : à la lumière du numérique" [="The Document,
> 	in the Digital Era"] by Roger T. Pédauque (Caen : C&F
> 	éditions, 2006) ISBN 2-915825-04-1 ; http://cfeditions.com.
>
> The author, "Roger T. Pédauque", is a "collective name"...
> Several folks contributed, here, and they did so largely online.
> This is a new phenomenon for the Internet, although it is a
> practice which has a long cultural history in France.