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- From: cbergstr@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris N Bergstresser)
- Subject: Re: Non-quotes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.153714.25142@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- References: <C1C084.Mr@ecf.toronto.edu> <faber.728003120@cs.wisc.edu> <1993Jan2
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:37:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.201822.28392@scorch.apana.org.au> jimgar@scorch.apana.org
- .au (Jim Garner) writes:
- >faber@loon.cs.wisc.edu (Ted) writes:
- >
- >|>Just like Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" in any of
- >|>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
- >
- >| And Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca. Kind of
- >| an interesting thread - well known non quotes.
- >
- >And Shakespeare never said "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well."
- >Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1, look it up.
- >
- The only problem is that Shakespeare is misquoted, but he did say "Alas,
- poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." The others are statements that were never
- said, in any form, like . . .
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- "The game is afoot!" -- not-Holmes
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- "Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it."
- -- not-Twain
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