> >What's "nuspeak?" If this is a reference to some new (nu) 90s way of >defining terms, relax. I formulated my definitions of exhibit, display, >etc. over a decade ago. AT the risk of dragging this rather etiolated thread out even further it's worth saying that "Newspeak" is a concept coined by George Orwell in 1949, so predating this discussion by a long way. And a propos the discussion on department store displays vs museum exhibit(ion)s it's worth quoting Nicholas Penny reviewing "The New Museology" in the London Review of Books: "To attract support today, great museums ... would be ill advised to draw attention to [their] extensive collections ... they have to present themselves as exciting places to shop." Mick Michael Cooper, Registrar, Nottingham Museums