Carcharoth wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Ian Woollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > > >> I think we're writing for everyone, although ironically the 'pedia' >> bit of Wikipedia and encyclopedia refers to children (as in PEDIAtric >> doctors- children's doctors)! >> >> Encyclopedias were actually mostly intended to educate children. >> > > I had to go and check the etymology of "encyclopedia" after reading that, > and... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paideia > > That article was where I ended up. I'm still not convinced that the > first *modern* encyclopedias were developed specifically for children, > but that was an interesting article, though it clearly still needs a > lot of work. > Somewhat of a folk etymology. The history of encyclopedias is a vexed subject, but printing costs had to come right down before they had much to do with kids.
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