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No, Mark Twain did not say that. If we're going to quote people, let's get it right
Manage episode 304093884 series 1093146
From our favorite songs and movies, to Shakespeare and Maya Angelou, we regularly quote others in our daily lives. This hour, we talk about famous quotations and misquotations, and discover why some quotations endure through history, while others don’t. Plus, why is Mark Twain misquoted so often?
GUESTS:
- Elizabeth Knowles - Editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- Fred Shapiro - Editor of The New Yale Book of Quotations, and associate director for collections and special projects at the Yale Law Library
- Kent Rasmussen - Editor of The Quotable Mark Twain and Mark Twain A to Z, among other books
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1. No, Mark Twain did not say that. If we're going to quote people, let's get it right (00:00:00)
2. Marker 01 (00:19:15)
3. Marker 02 (00:31:47)
2670 afleveringen
Manage episode 304093884 series 1093146
From our favorite songs and movies, to Shakespeare and Maya Angelou, we regularly quote others in our daily lives. This hour, we talk about famous quotations and misquotations, and discover why some quotations endure through history, while others don’t. Plus, why is Mark Twain misquoted so often?
GUESTS:
- Elizabeth Knowles - Editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- Fred Shapiro - Editor of The New Yale Book of Quotations, and associate director for collections and special projects at the Yale Law Library
- Kent Rasmussen - Editor of The Quotable Mark Twain and Mark Twain A to Z, among other books
Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hoofdstukken
1. No, Mark Twain did not say that. If we're going to quote people, let's get it right (00:00:00)
2. Marker 01 (00:19:15)
3. Marker 02 (00:31:47)
2670 afleveringen
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