Thursday, February 01, 2007

Titles Are Hard

Well, the thesis approaches 30, 000 words, and I'm starting to think about what to call it. My titles usually follow a set pattern with the set pattern being "Poncy Bit: What It's Actually About". I know that the "what it's actually about" bit will be "Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece", but a good poncy bit is hard to find.

Some ideas:

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka: Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece

"You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu' ": Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece

This Is Not The Truth: Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece

Feel free to vote for these ideas, or suggest some of your own, in the comments section.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Do Not Give This Man A Doctorate: Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece"

Erm.

Should the "Poncy Bit" come from a quote or something? From the era?

e.g. You can search the text of the Iliad and the Odyssey by adding keywords to the following search:
Google search within The Internet Classics Archive Homer section

Or something representative from the time. Like, if Ares (or Enyalios?) is the God of War, is there something that would represent "society"? Then you could do: "Ares and something: Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece".

Poncy enough?

Or am I in the wrong era?

Lol, wikipedia has an entry on Ares in Pop Culture.

Anonymous said...

By the way, I hope you're keeping an eye out for an opportunity to write an article actually titled "Poncy Bit: What It's Actually About".

Anonymous said...

For the PB, how about an utterly random combination of words, from an online generator or old-school flipping the dictionary open. Then no-one will ever ask you what it means, because that would be an admission of their own ignorance. I've just tested the dictionary method by opening it twice and getting some cats to sniff out the words, and they came up with 'Ironic Setback: Warfare and Society...'

Anonymous said...

An Idiot's Guide: Warfare and Society in Mycenaean Greece

I feel this should suitably inflame your professors. It would then be a talking point at lecturer interviews.