A year and a half ago, I challenged my reader to correctly explain the origin of my use of "In which..." for post titles.* That challenge has gone unanswered.
I'll up the ante. The person who correctly identifies the inspiration for those post titles will receive a real actual letter from me in which I ramble eloquently about something, as you occasionally see me do on this blog.
What? That's all I've got.
*I spelled this "tytles" and then "titlles." It's time for bed.
All the chapters in A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh are start with "In Which...". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_(book))
ReplyDeleteThis is also common in 19th century authors like Henry Fielding, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
True, but not correct.
ReplyDeleteI always think of "Friends"
ReplyDelete"The one where..." The one with..."
This has nothing to do with your titles. It's just what I'm thinking.
I want to google this but
a) I probably won't find the answer
b) that would be cheating
Someone win! I want to know!