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| Table-Talk by John Selden, or Seldeniana, published by Southgate, 1868 |
Toying with this idea of table-talk for the next Tanks & Tablecloths wave…
-ana |ˈɑːnə|
suffix
(forming plural nouns) denoting things associated with a person, place, or field of interest:
Americana | Victoriana.
In 1755, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary described an -ana as 'loose thoughts, or casual hints, dropped by eminent men and collected by their friends'. (Johnson's Dictionary would therefore be called a Johnsoniana.)
John Selden published Table-Talk in 1689 and it later became known as Seldeniana.
