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In a hardback sometimes at the top of the backbone of the book there is 'a rope' hanging done, which can be used as a bookmark so that it's easier for the reader to know where he left off last time. Could you tell me the proper name for this 'rope' in English?

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@WBYeats,

Bookmark.

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@cherrie,

Thanks.

Does it mean in English speaking countries there's no special name for such a thing?

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@WBYeats,

No, it means that the "rope" is called a bookmark.

It marks the place in the book where you last stopped reading.

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It's not a "rope," it's a ribbon, and as Cherrie and his Lordyship point out, the name of it is bookmark.

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@Setanta,

Yes, a ribbon. I've never seen a book with a bit of cord hanging down.

A bookmark, certainly. I've never seen it called anything else. I will enquire further. Maybe in the bookbinding trade there is a special term.

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@McTag,

My guess is that there was a special name back when they were common, McTag.

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@JTT,

I did enquire further, and have so far have come up with nothing. Let's make up our own name. I vote for McToggle.

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@McTag,

A McToggle sounds like something you get from McDonalds, maybe with a happy meal.

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At All-Experts-dot-com, one finds the following entry:

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According to Jane Greenfield, the authority on book nomenclature, a "bookmark" is a ribbon or cord or strip of leather which is attached to a book and is used to mark one's place. It is also called a marker, register, signet, or finding ribbon.

Here one will find a list of Miss Greenfield's published work. If she is not to be considered an authority on bookbinding, she certainly is a prolific writer on the subject.

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When we were young and went to Mass, we all had Missals with several finding ribbons, so one could mark the various parts of the liturgy for that day, Epistle, Gospel, Offertory Song, etc.

http://www.libers.com/images/openmissal3.jpg

We just called them "markers" or "bookmarks"

Joe(that was a long time ago)Nation

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@Joe Nation,

Though they seem a very dated item, one would guess that among the holy rollers, these things still exist in their books.

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